Some have argued that the U.S. firms need not worry because the labor component of their production costs is small.

有些人主张说：在生产成本当中，因为美国公司在劳动力所占的比重很小，因此完全没有必要对此忧虑。

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Some have argued that the U. S. firms need not worry because the labor component of their production costs is small.

有些人主张说：在生产成本当中，因为美国公司在劳动力所占的比重很小，因此完全没有必要对此忧虑。

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U.S. firms themselves may not have a high labor component in their cost structure but their suppliers — and their suppliers — do.

在成本结构当中，美国公司本身的劳动力成本所占比例也许不高，但他们的供应商——以及供应商的供应商——就不是这样了。

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That, I think, is partly because the biggest single component of building costs is labor.

我想,有部分原因是因为,建筑成本的最主要构成因素就是劳动力

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