Obviously, there exists an amount of water that would be more expensive than a given amount of diamonds.
显然存在这样一种情况：有数量足够大的水，它比给定数量的钻石更昂贵。
If the fees for using smart CARDS and mobiles were low enough, cash would be more expensive to take, so it might well attract a surcharge.
如果能降低智能卡和手机使用成本，那么使用现金的成本就提高了，所以可以额外收费。
Rob: Yes, plus some. If you cancel, you'll get less back. And starting a new one now would be more expensive because of the 1 interest rates.
罗伯︰是的，还会比本金多一点。如果你取消，领回的钱会比较少。而且因为利率的关系，现在买新的储蓄险会较贵。
This has the merit of distinguishing between the measures that could be adopted cheaply in a country like India and those that would be more expensive, some of them vastly more.
这有个区别优点，在像印度这样的国家采用的便宜措施和一些高昂的，一些区别更大。
If Mr. Drab had been paying retail, this would be more expensive than the $50 ropes course he'd done with employees in the past, but even at $950, he said it would be worth it.
如果德拉布是支付零售价的话，那可比他过去让员工参加的50美元绳索课程昂贵，不过他说，就算要花950美元，他也觉得值得。
Exports are vital to Japan's economy, and the recent sharp increase in the value of the yen means that Japanese-made products would be more expensive on world markets, which would hurt sales.
出口对日本经济至关重要。日圆升值意味着日本生产的产品在国际市场上更加昂贵，从而伤害到日本产品的销售。
It would be more liberating to pack it all off to a laundry and not necessarily more expensive, since no capital investment is required.
全部打包送去洗衣店会更自由，也不一定更贵，因为不需要资本投资。
During the recession companies set prices low, hoping that once they had tempted customers through the door they would be persuaded to order more expensive items.
在经济衰退期间，公司把价格定得很低，希望一旦他们吸引顾客进门，就能说服顾客订购更贵的商品。
It would be interesting to factor in "homeless" startups, as that would add a layer of more competitive locations (which tend to be expensive locations).
如果考虑上那些“居无定所”的新兴公司，那么地图上那些最具竞争力的地点就会增加更多的数据(也就是那些最昂贵的地点)。
American reactors would not shut down without a deal; utilities could turn to commercial imports, which would most likely be much more expensive.
美国的反应堆不达成协议将不能关闭；公用公司可以转向商业进口，但那很可能要昂贵很多。
Tapping this steam would be expensive, since it would require not only extra building materials, but also more durable ones, to cope with the higher pressures and temperatures.
利用此类蒸汽可能代价不菲，因为这不仅要消耗额外的建筑材料，而且要求所用的建材更为牢固以经受更高的压力和温度。
While more countries would share the cost, an international collaboration would probably be more expensive and cumbersome to manage, and could be slowed down by delays of any of the partners.
在更多国家分担成本之时，国际间的合作很可能更加费用高昂并难以管理，并由参与国的拖延导致进程缓慢。
Animal testing is expensive and can be of dubious value, and scientists would prefer cheaper and more reliable alternatives.
动物实验成本高昂，而且不一定有价值，科学家更愿意采用便宜可靠的替代方法。
Normally, one would hate to be paid in a weak currency — among other things, it makes their vacations abroad more expensive.
通常人们都不愿接受弱势货币——它会让海外度假活动等变得更为昂贵。
Because falling prices make debt more expensive, indebted households would be more anxious to pay off loans, even as other consumers were benefiting from a boost to their purchasing power.
因为价格下跌将导致负担债务的费用增加，负债家庭将会更担心如何还清债务，尽管此时其他消费者正享受着购买力提高带来的好处。
But our editor says that MPs in eurozone member-states will be concerned that taxpayers would be taking much more risk, and Banks will bolt at raising expensive new capital.
不过我们的编辑称欧元区成员国的议员们担心这会让纳税人承担过多的风险，银行会不顾风险以更高成本筹集资金。
ARNOLD: As I said, it is possible, but it would be much more expensive.
阿诺：就像我说的，是可行的，但是会花费很多。
It would be even more expensive if BF or I were traveling alone, because we’d have to pay for 100% of the hotel cost rather than 50%.
如果我和我男朋友单独去，就会花的更多，因为我们要花合计100%的酒店费用而不是50%。
As a consequence, the lasers have to be constructed separately and then grafted onto the chips, which is more expensive and time-consuming than building them directly on silicon would be.
结果之一是，这种激光必须先被分开构造，然后桥接到芯片上，这可比直接焊接在芯片上难得多，而且杀时间。
That would be very expensive, and more research must be completed before anyone is likely to come up with the funds for such a study.
这将非常昂贵，更多的研究必须在有人愿意出资赞助前结束。
Without such supplies, vegetables would definitely be more expensive.
如果没有这类蔬菜的供给，蔬菜价格必然更加昂贵。
Woodside argues that an onshore plant would be both much more expensive and technically risky, entailing a pipeline through a “seismically active” 3km-deep ocean trough.
Woodside声称建设陆地平台的成本和技术风险要大得多，必然要铺设一条管道通过一个“地震频发”的3千米深海沟。
Philip Summerton, of Cambridge Econometrics, explains that, with a general carbon tax replacing specific, expensive subsidies for renewable energy, more gas-fired power stations would be built.
剑桥计量的Philip Summerton解释道，对碳排放征税代替了具体的高昂的可再生能源补贴，就将建成更多的天然气发电站。
Utilities refuse to make bigger investments because power plants with CCS would be much more expensive to build and run than the ordinary sort.
各公司拒绝加大投入，因为采用[font=Times New Roman]CCS[font=宋体]技术的电厂的造价和运营费用会比普通电厂更加高昂。
Even milk would be more difficult to come by, because bees pollinate most types of animal feed, and the alternatives dairy farmers would have to use, probably cereals, are far more expensive.
甚至牛奶会更难以接受的，因为蜜蜂授粉大多数类型的动物饲料，以及替代品奶农将不得不使用，可能谷物，更为昂贵。
This is particularly useful where a more expensive instrument would be cumbersome and more prone to the risk of damage or misuse.
这是特别有用的地方更昂贵的仪器将十分麻烦，更容易出现损坏或误用的风险。
This is particularly useful where a more expensive instrument would be cumbersome and more prone to the risk of damage or misuse.
这是特别有用的地方更昂贵的仪器将十分麻烦，更容易出现损坏或误用的风险。
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