Competition and new technology often bring down prices for services like cable, telephone and Internet — giving us an opportunity to cut monthly budget expenses painlessly.
竞争以及新的科技经常会给电视,电话,网络这样的服务行业带来降价,这就提供给我们每月可以毫无痛苦地节省开支的机会。
On the economic front, attempts to bring down prices have been complicated by an enormous increase in bank lending ordered by the government in 2008 to boost growth in the global financial crisis.
在经济方面,由于中国政府2008年全球金融危机期间责令银行大举增加放贷,降低物价的努力变得更为复杂。
How do the shops make money if they sell at such low prices? Manufacturers, it seems, are willing to bring down prices in return for big volume purchases.
如此低价,商家怎么赚得钱呢?或许是生产厂商愿意为大宗采购而降低价格。