That drove up the cost of building houses.

这提高了建造房屋的成本。

Peabody said the cost of building passive houses could come down.

Peabody说，建造被动房屋的成本能够降低。

What accounts for the largest share of the cost of building a new house?

在房屋建筑成本中，以下哪一项占比最大？

Property developer Banji Adeyemo cites several factors for the high cost of building homes.

房地产开发商Banji Adeyemo列举了建造房屋成本高的几个因素。

Power company say the proposal would drive up the cost of building new coal plants.

电力公司表示，这份提案会增加新建燃煤工厂的费用。

The U.S. federal government paid up to 90 percent of the cost of building the new highway.

美国联邦政府为修建这条新公路支付了高达90%的费用。

The total cost of building it was $325,000, or about 17 percent more than constructing an ordinary house.

建造这种房屋的总成本是32.5万美元，比建造普通房屋的成本高大约17%。

The cost of building the railroad was very high. The company got large amounts of aid from the government.

修建铁路的费用很高，这家公司得到了政府的大量援助。

The total proposed cost of building the base is $98.5 million.

建造该基地的拟议总成本为 9850 万美元。

C.The rising labor cost of building solar farms.

C.建设太阳能农场的劳动力成本上升。

So those are some of the costs of building and maintaining a standard traffic-light intersection.

这些是建造和维护标准交通灯交叉口的一些成本。

His team's work included the environmental costs of building new antennas and upgrading old ones.

他的团队的工作包括建造新天线和升级旧天线的环境成本。

Right now, the high cost of building, operating and maintaining tidal power technology means that tidal energy comes at a premium.

目前，建造、运行和维护潮汐能技术的高昂成本意味着潮汐能的价格很高。

Plus the sheer cost of building your computer network from scratch often far outweighs the ransom demands.

此外，从头开始构建计算机网络的巨大成本通常远远超过赎金要求。

This included both the public and private costs of building, maintaining and using a transport system.

这包含了公共机构及私人在建设、维护和使用交通体系上的花费。

As the cost of building materials, wages, and other housing inputs rise more slowly, the average home price should calm down as well.

随着建筑材料、工资和其他住房投入成本的增长放缓，平均房价也应会回落。

The average cost of building a new steel mill was in the billions, and Keith's budget was about $250 million.

建造一座新钢厂的平均成本为数十亿美元，基思的预算约为2.5亿美元。

It can be difficult, though, for smart farmers to make a profit because of the high cost of building and operating.

不过，由于建设和运营成本高昂，聪明的农民可能很难获利。

Studies have shown that shade from strategically planted trees can reduce the air conditioning costs of buildings by 20% to 30%.

研究表明，精心种植的树木所带来的阴凉可以将建筑物的空调成本降低 20% 至 30%。

Bob Cornwell returned to his home in California.Back home, he learned that the cost of building a primary school in Burma was just $15,000 to $20,000.

Bob Cornwell回到在加州的家中，回家后，他了解到，在缅甸建造一所小学只需花费1.5万到两万美元。