My view is that the new policy buys a trivial new incentive at the cost of a modest loss in deterrence.

我的看法是，新政策以温和的威慑损失为代价买了一份微不足道的新动机。

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The loss of competitiveness can be reversed (Ireland is doing it), but only at the cost of a long-term decline in wages and demand, which will require in turn even more fiscal retrenchment.

竞争缺失可以修复（爱尔兰正在这样做），但要付出工资和需求长期下跌的成本，这样一来势必需要做出更多财政紧缩。

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The cost of bandwidth is seen as one reason YouTube still operates at a loss.

频宽成本被视为YouTube营运仍处于亏损状态的主因之一。

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Printing money does not create wealth, though it may help create jobs in the short run at the cost of inflation and a loss of economic freedom.

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But victory came at a cost with the loss of Paul Wellens, who went off early in the second half still struggling from the effects of a crunching two-man tackle early on.

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In both cases, victory came at the cost of weeks of fighting and some loss of life.

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