The cost of butter quadrupled and bread prices increased by a factor of five.

黄油的价格是原来的4倍，面包的价格上涨了5倍。

Cost is, arguably, the most important factor in any enterprise decision.

对任何企业决策来说，费用可以说是最重要的因素。

Cost also became a huge factor, as increased reliance on the datacenter and the increase in data capacity also required substantial increase in cooling costs.

随着企业对数据中心的依赖性和数据容量的增加，冷却成本显著增加了，这使成本成为一个重要的因素。

America should abide by its own rules-and if it must break them, it should factor in the real cost of doing so.

美国应当遵守自己的规则——如果必须破坏规则，它也应将这一行为的真实成本作为考虑的重要因素。

Cost had to be a major factor in the decision, because that issue dominates the airline industry, and H-P had more at stake than any other vendor.

成本一定是美国航空做出这个决定的主要因素，因为这个问题已经主导了整个航空业，而惠普在这一方面比任何其它卖方拥有更多筹码。