The cost of materials rose sharply last year. Accordingly, we were forced to increase our prices.

去年材料成本大幅度提高，因此我们被迫加价。

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They now cost marginally more than they did last year.

他们现在并不比去年贵多少。

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The results of the company's cost-cutting measures are evident in its profits, which increased five percent during the first three months of this year after it fell over the last two years.

该公司削减成本措施的结果在利润上体现得很明显，在过去两年利润下滑之后，今年前三个月的利润增长了5%。

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Last April, Australia's Productivity Commission considered the cost of bullying in a report on workplace safety.

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And last is cost, last is cost; hydrogen is not cheap.

最后一点是价格，最后一点是价格;,氢气不便宜。

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We'll assume that constant marginal cost just as it was last time is equal to C.

我们假设固定边际成本,像上次一样等于C

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He must increase the efficiency of the fertiliser subsidy, which last year cost 758 billion rupees, or about 1.5% of GDP, by paying it directly to needy farmers instead of lucky fertiliser makers.

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ScotRail said last week the cost of its tickets would rise by 3.9% in January.

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Wal-Mart is notorious for squeezing every last ounce of cost it can out of its suppliers--much as Dell has done with its suppliers for years.

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