absorbed cost

基本解释

But higher labour and equipment costs absorbed much of the increase.
但是，勞力和設備成本的提高佔用了增加投資的絕大部分。
Wider damage to jobs and output depends on how well these increased costs are absorbed.
就業及産出損失的影響範圍依賴於如何吸收這些費用增長。
We absorbed those costs, and with our strong operations and our financial discipline, we closed the year with an overall improvement in earnings and a strong financial position.
我們憑借強勁的業務，以及嚴格的財政紀律，吸收了這些成本。在整躰收益提高和強勁的財政狀況中，我們結束了這一年。

"Our margins are really thin, in terms of our bottom line, and any additional costs have to be absorbed by the farmer because we can't pass on those costs to consumers directly,"

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