The can bus is very robust, with error detection and fault tolerance, but it carries significant communications overhead and high materials cost.

CAN总线非常可靠，具有差错检测和容错能力，但是通信开销很大，材料成本很高。

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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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It was decided to make the replica half-scale for reasons of cost and time, and synthetic materials were used for the stitching.

由于成本和时间的原因，我们决定将复制品缩小一半，并使用合成材料来缝合。

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The cost of materials,bait and fuel, and the price of lobsters hasn't kept up with it.

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That could be a significant energy saving which may or may not over ride that higher raw materials cost.

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Consider the comparison of the prices and bill of materials cost for the iPhone 4S and the Nokia Lumia 900.

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If there was a major trend at the show it would be that these designers and manufacturers are no longer creating lines experimenting with less expensive materials (the result of the economic collapse and the high cost of materials).

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