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Next to the expense of cashiers , pricing items is one of the costliest labor costs of grocery retailers .

对食品杂货零售商来说，给货物贴价签也是劳动力成本中最为昂贵的一个部分，仅次于雇佣收银员的费用。

The election campaigns have been some of the costliest ever .

这次选举的竞选活动是有史以来最为昂贵的。

You want to avoid costly legal proceedings if you can .

如果能够的话你希望避免昂贵的法律诉讼。

The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay .

最好的设备花费大，但这种开支很值得。

Buying new furniture may prove too costly .

购买新家具可能会花钱太多。

Take out our service contract and say goodbye to costly repair bills .

接受我们的服务合同，告别昂贵的修理费吧。

Mining can be costly in terms of lives .

采矿有时会造成重大的生命损失。

These small promotions were costly and they did nothing to increase his bottom line .

这些小规模的促销活动成本很高，而且对增加他的最终效益没什么贡献。

At the required level of visual verisimilitude , computer animation is 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。

This sort of scandal in international banking has been politically costly .

国际银行业的这种丑闻一直以来都会造成极其恶劣的政治影响。

Psychometric tests can save organizations from grim and costly mistakes

心理测试能够使组织机构避免犯下损失惨重的大错。

Coastal defence is a costly business

海防事务很耗费资财。

Having professionally made curtains can be costly , so why not make your own ?

既然找专门人员做窗帘非常贵，为什么不自己做呢？

The proposed regulations are ill-defined and cumbersome and could be unnecessarily costly .

提议的规章制度阐述不清、复杂低效，而且可能会带来不必要的过高花费。

Having curtains made professionally can be costly

找专业公司制作窗帘会非常昂贵。

Their costly and futile attempt to subjugate the Afghans lasted just 10 years .

他们大动干戈想要控制阿富汗地区，但只持续了10年就无果而终了。

Cadets are having to use football rattles to simulate gunfire because blank ammunition is too costly .

空包弹太昂贵了，军校学员不得不用足球比赛时助威用的响板来模拟枪声。

It can be costly to refinance .

再融资有时费用会很高。

Such a set of furniture would be extremely costly to buy .

买这么一套家具要花很多钱。

He wanted to know how to avoid costly legal proceedings .

他想知道如何避开昂贵的法律诉讼。

They bribed him with costly presents .

他们用贵重的礼物贿赂他。

The plan dropped through when it proved too costly .

付出了那么多的努力，这计划还是失败了。

We need some costly materials .

我们需要某些价值昂贵的材料。

Doing so is costly ( bank + store fees ) and damages your credit rating .

这样做的成本很高（银行+存储费用）而且将降低你的信用评级。

This is the costliest war in our history .

这是我们历史上付出代价最大的战争。

The victory is costly .

这一胜利的代价很高。

The major components of our energy systems , such as fuel production , refining , electrical generation and distribution , are costly installations that have lengthy life spans .

我们能源系统的主要组成部分，例如燃料生产、燃料精炼、发电和配电，用的都是使用寿命很长的昂贵设备。

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 .

在整个期间，旅途充满艰辛且花费不菲，可能仅限于特权阶级——这一阶级还培养出了绅士科学家、作家、古董专家和艺术家的赞助人。

The   reason   is   that   when   carbon   is   priced ,   those   emissions reductions   that   are   least   costly   to   implement   will   happen   first .

原因是当碳被定价时，最低成本的减排措施会首先实施。

Some desalination plants exist where feasible , but they are costly to run and can need constant repairs .

在可行的地方，有一些脱盐的工厂，但它们的运营成本很高，而且需要不断的维修。