standby cost

基本解釋

As long as the standby passenger pays more than the marginal cost, selling him a ticket is profitable.
只要等退票的乘客所支付的錢(qián)大于邊際成本，賣(mài)給他機(jī)票就是有利可圖的。
As for A company, the cost for the loan might be higher than a general commercial loan for it shall pay the extra fees for opening the standby L/C.
對(duì)A公司來(lái)說(shuō)，其貸款成本可能高于一般的商業(yè)貸款，因?yàn)橛幸还P額外的開(kāi)證手續(xù)費(fèi)需要支付。
The phone will apparently cost quite a bit more than Nokia's, although talk time levels and standby times per battery charge differ.
摩托羅拉的這款手機(jī)顯然要比諾基亞的貴很多，但每次充電的通話時(shí)間和待機(jī)時(shí)間會(huì)有所不同。

Backup or standby generators cost an order of magnitude less than generators designed to provide primary power.
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