In most other industries, new more productive technologies drive costs down: thus the word processor replaced the typewriter, and the fax (and then E-mail) replaced the telex.

在其他大多数行业，提高生产效率的新技术帮助降低生产成本：这就是为何文字处理机能取代打字机，传真(及后来电子邮件)能取代电报。

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It spends relatively little on advertising, relying on word of mouth to drive sales.

它在广告方面的投入不多，主要依靠人们的口碑来拉动销售。

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On the hour-long drive home, nobody said a word.

在开车回家的一小时车程中，一家人一言不发。

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But word leaked out that it was to take place in the town of Rhinebeck, about a two-hour drive from New York City.

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Its experiences that drive word of mouth and through positive WOM and the generation of brand advocates comes rewards for your business and consumers.

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When you save a Word file in your Google Drive folder on a PC or a Mac, you can access that file on the Google Drive website but when you click on it online, it opens in Google Docs.

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Going back on your word would be ethically wrong and might drive consumers away.

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