1. Both the cost and the standard of living were lower before the war.
    战前生活费用和生活水准都比较低.

2. But the claim made by a local authority to recover the cost of salvaging a sunken pie dish must surely be unique.
    但某地当局为打捞一只焙制馅饼的盘子提出索赔，倒是件新鲜的事儿。

3. Where the cost of government is high, resources for development are correspondingly low.
    凡是政府管理费用高的地方，用于发展国家经济的资金就会相应地减少。

4. The cost amounted to 250.
    费用共达250英镑.

5. The man was ordered to pay $345 for the cost of the trip. The normal price of a ticket is $230!
    他被罚付三百四十五英镑作为旅费. 而正常的票价则是二百三十英镑！

6. The man was ordered to pay $3,500 for the cost of the trip. The normal price of a ticket is $2,000!
    此人被责令交付旅费3,500英镑，而正常票价是2,000英镑！

7. The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April 20, 1990 at a cost of over a billion dollars.
    哈勃望远镜于1990年4月20日由国家航空航天局发射升空，耗资10多亿美元。

8. The reduced cost made possible worldwide use of penicillin in treating many infections.
    成本降低后，全世界在治疗许多传染病时均可选用盘尼西林。

9. This strip of paper will eventually list everything that the shopper has bought, what each item cost, the total price, the tax, how much money the shopper gave the checker, whether it was cash or a check, and the amount of change the shopper is to re
    这一纸条最终会列出顾客买的每件物品，物品单价、总额、应付税额、顾客实交数额、是现金还是支票、应找回数额。

10. This I began, and it cost me enormous pains; but who grudge pains that have their deliverance in view?
    于是我就着手这项工程，历尽了千辛万苦。然而，如果成功在望，谁还在乎什么辛苦呢？