San Diego's municipal code, for instance, requires property owners to maintain landscape and vegetation standards—or face a penalty equivalent to the cost of hiring a private contractor to do so.

例如，圣地亚哥的市政法规要求业主保持景观和植被的标准，否则将面临与雇佣私人承包商来这样做成本相当的罚款。

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Restaurant reusables normally have a life span of about 130 meals. Disposables cost about 2 cents in Japan, so the equivalent 130 disposable pairs cost about $2.60.

餐馆的循环木筷使用寿命大约为130次。在日本，一次性木筷的花费大约为2美分，相当于130次一次性木筷的花费约2.60美元。

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GE expects its 40-watt equivalent to cost $40 to $50, while both Osram Sylvania and Philips think initial retail prices could be about $60.

通用电器希望它的（等效于）40瓦的型号能卖40到50美元。 欧司朗·塞尔凡尼亚和飞利浦则将它们的最初零售价定在60美元左右。

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In this bastion of mass consumerism, where a meal can easily cost the equivalent of an average day's wages, some parents can be seen watching their children gobble a burger while they eat nothing.

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That will likely increase prices again, causing Brazilians and industry watchdogs to wonder when an entry level vehicle there will no longer cost the equivalent of a small house in a low income state like Pernambuco.

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That works out to the equivalent of nine times the cost of a 30-second TV spot during the Super Bowl.

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