But each player could also reward or punish each of the other three players, at a cost to the punisher.

VOA: special.2009.10.21

As a result of the Freedom Rides, they had integrated interstate transportation, at great cost to the volunteers who rode those buses.

作为自由乘车运动的结果，州际间的交通被大大集中，不过这使那些乘坐巴士的志愿者们付出了极大的代价。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

This all came hard and at the cost, I'm sure, of a lot of human life and a lot of misery.

一切都变得艰难了,我确定,这夺走了很多人的生命,造成了很多痛苦

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

His proposal calls for insuring thirty million more Americans at a cost of about one trillion dollars over ten years.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

Eleven dollars per part at 12.5 million cars and trucks came to a total cost of $137 million to improve the safety.

给1250万辆轿车和卡车配上11美元的隔板,提高安全性，共需花费一亿三千七百万美元。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Republicans have a plan to insure three million more Americans at a cost of sixty billion dollars for the same period.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

Second thing I would say that was valuable "Thank goodness, I did one year at Stanford Business School and learned how to read a balance sheet and understand the basics of cost accounting which is not mathematical rocket science.

我要说的第二件事是很重要的,感谢上苍，我在斯坦福商学院学了一年,学会了怎么看资产平衡表，知道恶劣,成本会计的基本知识。

斯坦福公开课 - 微软CEO-Steve.Ballmer谈科技的未来课程节选

But lately,observers say, Prime Minister Erdogan appears to be seeking influence with Arabs at the cost of relations with Israel.

VOA: special.2010.06.05

What's distinctive about the South: "The South has a tradition," Said Gurganus, "Of attempting the impossible at great cost, proudly celebrating the failure, and in gaining admiration for the performance."

写的是南方的独特之处,"南方有种传统",古尔加努斯说,"付出巨大的代价挑战命运,即便失败仍非常自豪,并因此而为他人所尊敬"

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

To look at our responsibilities for the cost of the war, which approaches two hundred fifty billion dollars.

VOA: special.2010.03.13

At the margin, I'm reaping, I'm bearing the cost for the extra unit of effort I contribute, but I'm only reaping half of the induced profits of the firm, because of profit sharing.

从边际角度分析,我承担了多付出的全部边际成本,但我却只能得到一半的边际收益,因为利润是均分的

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

The agency is to design its own heavy lift rocket at a cost of three billion dollars.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

But on the other hand these advances have also come at a cost. And in this story there's also a sense of longing for the freedom of life in the wild--the innocent, simple, uncomplicated life lived day to day without plans, without toil, in harmony with nature Edenic a somewhat Edenic existence.

但是，换个角度来看，人类付出了代价,才得到这些优点，在这部史诗中，同样存在着,对一种纯真，简单，纯粹生活的向往,每天生活中没有计划，辛劳，与自然和平相处,就像以前的。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Wal-Mart is a group of large stores known for selling goods at a very low cost.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

Freedom does permit isolation from society and an alienation of the individual at a high cost, both to the individual and society.

自由允许人与社会隔绝,人与人疏远,但是不管是对个人还是社会,代价都是巨大的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

But doctors at the University of Michigan think they know a way to lower that cost.

VOA: special.2010.06.02

The cost per part to increase the safety of the Pinto, they calculated at $11.00 per part.

能增加平托安全性的隔板，每块成本是11美元。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

The Hualapai Indian Tribe built the Skywalk at a cost of more than forty million dollars.

VOA: special.2009.10.07

Some people argued that there are certain things that are just categorically wrong even if they bring about a good result, even if they saved five people at the cost of one life.

有些人认为,某些行为反正就是绝对错误的,即便该行为产生了好的结果，即便能牺牲一人挽救五人性命。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Yet doctors at the University of Michigan think they know a way to lower that cost.

VOA: special.2010.06.29

If he hadn't run, Beatrice would still have won, but it would still have cost him the $.20 of unhappiness at Beatrice winning, but at least he would have saved himself the C of running.

如果他不参选,比阿特丽斯还是会获胜,这同样会给他带来,20美分的,比阿特丽斯获胜的失落感,但至少他节约了参选要支付的C

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

An investigation showed that leading members of Congress, and even the Vice President, received shares of ownership in the company for free, or at low cost.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

" He estimates the cost of the plan at around nine hundred billion dollars over ten years, but says it would not add to the federal deficit.

VOA: special.2009.09.12

"Promoting our common goals around education,health care, energy,public safety, and,I think in each of those areas, you actually see on the floor here new innovative ideas to take advantage of this general purposes technology that broadband is, and apply it to provide better services at lower cost in each of these areas."

VOA: special.2010.01.26

President Obama's current proposal calls for insuring 30 million more Americans at a cost of about $1 trillion over ten years.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

He said the cost of reconstructing Iraq is estimated at $600-billion, and Iraq has massive oil reserves.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Critics say that new, independent research proves the system will damage the Australian economy and cost jobs if it is introduced at a time of global recession.

VOA: standard.2009.05.03

The U.S.military is buying more than 6,000 of the M-ATVs, at a cost of nearly a million and a half dollars each, including all their equipment, spare parts and transportation to Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

Three more Space Shuttle missions are scheduled for this year. The end of the Space Shuttle and the cancellation of the Constellation program, will cost 7,000 people their jobs at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

President Obama is fighting hard timing is now,". for his top domestic priority, an overhaul of the current health care system that would cost at least $1 trillion, a priority he asserts that can be achieved without adding to the federal budget deficit.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21