It could also cut the project's cost (its present price tag is about $1.6 billion) and shorten its development time.

也可以降低该项目的花费（红外线望远镜的当前市价为16亿美元）并缩短研制时间。

This finance charge may be more expensive than heating with oil at the present prices.

按照目前的价格，这笔财务费用可能比用石油取暖要贵。

To determine its exact meaning I have been obliged to work out the present prices of the investments with which it is concerned.

为了确定它确切的意义，我不得不计算出遗嘱中所列的那些投资有多大进项。

If such violent methods are necessary to keep up the present price of tobacco, the superior advantage of its culture over that of corn, if it still has any, will not probably be of long continuance.

如果必须采用这种暴力方法来维持目前的烟草价格，那么其栽培相对于玉米栽培的优越优势（如果仍然存在的话）可能不会持续很长时间。