The cost of transporting him would make him ruinously expensive.

买象的钱再加上运费，这简直是一个叫人倾家荡产的家伙！

In addition, the cost of transporting food has increased by 70 percent.

另外，运输食物的成本也上涨了70%。

The cost of transport was up by 54% in December, year on year, and food and drink by 44%.

去年12月，交通成本同比上涨54%，食品和饮料价格同比上涨44%。

But these sorts of products are heavy and bulky and the cost of transporting them relatively high.

但是这类产品体积庞大而且笨重，运输它们的成本相对较高。

The cost of transport is a major expense for an industry. Hence factory location is an important consideration.

【hence】运输成本是企业的一大支出，因此工厂选址是重要的考虑因素。

But economists such as D.H. Pai Panandikar say the main reasons for stubbornly high food inflation are neither the high cost of transport, nor—as in the case of the onion - last year's drought in parts of the country.

但像D.H.拜.帕纳蒂卡这样的经济学家表示食品价格通胀居高不下的主要原因既不是高成本的运输, 也不是—例如洋葱—去年这个国家的部分地区的干旱所致。