Access to the Internet costs more, but compare these fees with just one paper programming manual, engineering reference guide, or college textbook; the cost is absorbed in fewer than four books.

连入互联网的费用会多一些，但是与纸质的程序设计手册、工程参考指南或者大学教科书相比，这些费用可被不到四本书抵消。

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Wages have effectively shrunk for most workers, as rising costs for food and fuel have more than absorbed meager increases in pay, further crimping Americans' spending proclivities.

实际上，对于大多数人来说，他们的工资已经减少了。食品和汽油不断上涨的价格正吞噬着稍有增加的工资，并进一步引诱美国人这方面的消费倾向。

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We absorbed those costs, and with our strong operations and our financial discipline, we closed the year with an overall improvement in earnings and a strong financial position.

我们凭借强劲的业务，以及严格的财政纪律，吸收了这些成本。在整体收益提高和强劲的财政状况中，我们结束了这一年。

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"Our margins are really thin, in terms of our bottom line, and any additional costs have to be absorbed by the farmer because we can't pass on those costs to consumers directly,"

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The wireless segment saw operating margins tumble to 23.7% from 30.1% a year ago, as costs of sales and service soared 39% as the company absorbed the costs of launching sales of the Apple iPhone.

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The two south Caucasian bosses have absorbed the political costs of these bitter defeats, and charted a long-term strategy to reverse them.

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They or their employers (the burden usually gets absorbed in salary costs, and yes, Forbes Inc. has an interest here) would have to rethink the foreign assignments.

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