Rising costs of office space, time lost to stressful commuting, and a slow recognition that workers have lives beyond the office—all are strong arguments for letting staff work from home.

办公空间成本的上升、通勤压力带来的时间损失，以及对于员工办公室之外生活的缓慢认知——这都是让员工在家工作的有力理由。

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The costs can also be measured in lost economic productivity.

这种损失还可以用失去的经济生产力来衡量。

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That estimate represents the costs of medical treatment and lost productivity.

此项评估意味着医疗上的花费和损失的生产力。

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Many farmers lost hope that the granges could force the railroads to make any real cuts in their costs.

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But the costs were great. More than six hundred thousand men of the North and South lost their lives.

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Toyota says it expects costs and lost sales from its recent safety recalls to total two billion dollars by the end of March.

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The lost opportunity costs of what you could have done with that extra value or smaller expense is exactly how much you have impoverished the local economy.

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But De Puy was "committed to working with patients and hospitals to address medical costs directly associated with the recall, " as well as patients' lost wages and travel costs.

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These figures include health-care costs, lost workdays and the lost earning potential of the dead.

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