attributed cost

基本解释

The FAO attributed the anticipated cost hikes largely to bad weather.
联合国粮农组织将预期的成本提升主要归因于恶劣天气的影响。
Ms. Bartz noted an improvement in profit margins, a result she attributed largely to her aggressive cost-cutting over the last year.
巴茨提到了在利益率中的一个增长，她认为很大程度上是受益于她去年积极的成本削减。
Experts have attributed this to the rising cost of living in the country's first-tier cities and the growing demand for labor in central and western China.
专家们将此归因于中国一线城市生活成本上涨和中西部地区劳动力需求的增长。

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