Food was scarce and expensive.

食物匮乏而且昂贵。

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The food was not actually all that expensive.

食品居然并不那么昂贵。

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It's also a potential economic problem, since a declining dollar makes imported food more expensive and exerts upward pressure on interest rates.

这也是一个潜在的经济问题，因为美元贬值使进口食品更加昂贵，并对利率产生上行压力。

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Because his wife Millicent liked to invite her friends to big dinners and serve them rare and expensive food and wine.

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And things are a lot more expensive so we're spending a lot more money on food just to eat.

吃的东西很贵，所以我们在食物上花了很多钱。

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And if they do, it can be very expensive. So we see unused space as a great place to grow food that will make it more accessible for people."

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Standardized DNA checks with meat suppliers and more stringent labeling rules will add costs that producers will most likely hand down to consumers, making food more expensive.

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It is just fun working with the most expensive food item on the planet.

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And this is also what happens when such policies are followed, food is gargantually expensive and we get shortages.

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