That lets us avoid building costly plants or buying expensive power at peak usage time.
这样我们就可以避免在用电高峰期建造昂贵的电厂或购买昂贵的电力。
To ensure a brilliant college life, you'd better spare time to visit campus, even if it may be costly.
为了确保美好的大学生活，你最好抽出时间来参观校园，尽管这可能会比较昂贵。
In Fenchurch Street a fair child, in costly apparel, stood on a stage to welcome his Majesty to the city.
在芬切琪街，一个穿着昂贵衣服的漂亮孩子站在舞台上，欢迎国王陛下来到这座城市。
Many of them instead become the kind of nuisance-lawsuit filer that makes the tort system a costly nightmare.
他们当中的许多人反而成为了那种妨碍民事诉讼的使得侵权制度成为一场代价高昂的噩梦的文件编档员。
Opponents worry that such expansion would be costly for taxpayers, but advocates say it would save money in the long run.
反对者担心这样的扩张会让纳税人付出高昂的代价，但支持者说，从长远来看，这种扩张可以节省资金。
Given that predators can make it costly to beg for food, what benefit do begging nestlings derive from their communications?
既然捕食者可以让雏鸟为食物付出巨大代价，那么乞食的雏鸟们到底可以从这种交流方式中得到什么益处呢？
Indeed, the purple colour extracted from a snail was once so costly that in society at the time only the rich could afford it.
的确，从蜗牛身上提取的紫色物质曾经非常昂贵，在当时的社会，只有富人才能买得起。
Greens attacked him, saying his new varieties used too much water and costly chemical fertilizer; his link with DuPont was noted.
环保主义者攻击他，说他的新品种使用了太多的水和昂贵的化学肥料；人们注意到他与杜邦公司的关系。
The aim is to reduce the importance of costly tutors and cram schools, partly to help students enjoy a more normal high-school life.
目的是降低昂贵的家教和补习班的重要性，部分是为了帮助学生享受更正常的高中生活。
They would wed before the stork visited and before the couple made the costly investment of putting the husband through business school.
他们会在鹳鸟来之前结婚，在这对夫妇做出昂贵的投资让丈夫读完商学院之前。
At least they have demonstrated that when companies get into trouble with the law, evidence of good character can win them a less costly punishment.
至少他们已经表明，当企业陷入法律纠纷时，品格良好的证明可以为他们赢得一个代价较低的惩罚。
But at least they have demonstrated that when companies get into trouble with the law, evidence of good character can win them a less costly punishment.
但至少他们已经证明，当公司触犯法律时，良好品行的证据可以为他们换来代价更低的惩罚。
They said the paint used was also characteristic of that period, as was the intricate and costly style of the lace ruff worn by the man in the portrait.
他们说，像肖像画里男人所穿戴的复杂而又昂贵的蕾丝飞边那样，所用的颜料也具有那个时期的特征。
Maintaining this environment is very costly, and recent research shows that even old oil paint is unaffected by wide fluctuations in temperature and humidity.
维护这样的环境是非常昂贵的，而且最近的研究表明，即使是旧的油画也不会受到温度和湿度大波动的影响。
The major components of our energy systems, such as fuel production, refining, electrical generation and distribution, are costly installation that have lengthy life span.
我们能源系统的主要组成部分，如燃料生产、提炼、发电和分配，用的是昂贵的、使用寿命较长的装置。
Travel was arduous and costly throughout the period, possible only for a privileged class—the same that produced gentlemen scientists, authors, antique experts, and patrons of the arts.
这整个时期里的旅行是艰辛、昂贵的，可能只有享有特权的阶级才能旅行，同样也是这个阶级造就了有教养的科学家、作家、古董专家和艺术赞助人。
Having curtains made professionally can be costly.
找专业人员制作窗帘会很贵。
Having professionally made curtains can be costly, so why not make your own?
买专业制造的窗帘可能很贵，你为什么不自己做呢？
I abandoned the New York tollway south of Albany in search of roads less costly.
我不走阿尔巴尼南面的纽约收费公路，而去找一些收费不高的道路。
At the required level of visual verisimilitude, computer animation is extremely costly.
要使电脑动画的视觉效果达到要求的逼真程度，花费会十分昂贵。
Animal signals, such as the complex songs of birds, tend to be costly.
动物发出的信号，如鸟类复杂的鸣叫声，往往代价高昂。
Now the Emperor himself wished to see the costly manufacture, while it was still in the loom.
当这布还在织的时候，皇帝就亲自去看它了。
Some desalination plants exist where feasible, but they are costly to run and can need constant repair.
在可行的地方有一些海水淡化厂，但它们的运营成本很高，并且需要经常维修。
The reason is that when carbon is priced, those emissions reductions that are least costly to implement will happen first.
原因在于，当碳被标价时，那些实行的减排措施中成本最低的将会先实施。
You could scan through every page of the cookbook and scan ingredients lists looking for blueberries, but these scans are costly.
您可以翻阅这本烹调书的每一页，在食材清单中寻找蓝莓，但是这种浏览成本很高。
It's not necessarily a bad thing, but depending on the school, it can be costly to make up credits after switching too late in the game.
这未必是件坏事，但这取决于学校，而且转专业太晚的话，补学分的代价会很大。
The Springer Group has filed a lawsuit in the Daily News, accusing the latter of initiating a road name change that was too labor-intensive and costly.
施普林格集团已经一纸诉状将《每日新闻》告上法庭，控告后者发起的修改路名之举过于劳民伤财。
Biologists have long debated about whether egg production in birds is biologically highly costly, some theorizing that egg production is energetically or nutritionally demanding.
长期以来，生物学家一直在争论鸟类的产蛋在生物学上是否具有很高的成本，有的理论认为产蛋对能量或营养的要求很高。
Provisions available in local shops have to be flown into Nunavut on one of the most costly air networks in the world, or brought by supply ship during the few ice-free weeks of summer.
当地商店里的供应品必须通过世界上最贵的航空网路之一空运到努勒维特，或者在夏季中少数几个无冰周里通过补给船来购买。
The chairman warned repeatedly against costly farm subsidies.
主席多次警告不要提供昂贵的农业补贴。
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