Gearing up to produce small cars in the United States was a very expensive proposition.
在美国要提高生产小型车的效率是很费钱的事情。"Rihanna likes to pioneer new styles but it's costing her a fortune, " one of her entourage told the Daily Mail.
“蕾哈娜喜欢尝试新发型，但这很费钱，”她身边的一个助手接受《每日邮报》采访时说。But this was a wasteful method, for often, in the excitement of bidding for a fine pearl, too great a price had been paid to the fishermen.
然而这是一种很费钱的做法，因为在猛烈地争购一颗明珠时，渔民常常会得到一笔过高的价钱。We're going to simulate cutting out some of the costly operations, and see how much we save.
我们会假设将一些费钱的工作砍掉，看看能节省多少钱。One day it could be money, the next day it could be time, and you would not get back to those concepts until a week later.
一是要费钱，二是要费时间，没一个星期，你教不会他们这些概念。Mr. Icahn said the changes enabled MGM to 'avoid a potentially costly and disruptive bankruptcy process. '
伊坎说，所做的改动使米高梅避免了一个“可能费钱又混乱的破产程序”。Upgrading and purchasing new hardware is a costly proposition, and with the rate of technology obsolescence , it is eventually a losing one.
购买硬件和进行升级都是很费钱的事。而且由于技术淘汰率的关系，这最后就成了件浪费的事。Also, with operating system-based applications most companies would have to maintain, update, install, costing time and money, he said.
此外，在安装了基于操作系统的应用软件之后，多数企业仍需不断进行维护、更新和安装，这即费时也费钱，他说。Soon, however, Mark realized that this arrangement wasn't working--it was hectic, and costly.
可不久，马克意识到这种安排是不行的――既太匆忙又费钱。