ultimate cost

基本解释

The ultimate cost of the mortgage crisis in terms of settlements, awardsand legal fees can only be guessed at.
至于房产抵押危机解决方案的最终成本——赔偿金和法律费用的具体数字，目前大家只能猜测。
The probable loss magnitude’s subfactors (on the right in Figure 1) influence a harmful event’s ultimate cost.
可能的损失幅度的子要素（如图1右侧所示）影响一个有害事件的最终代价。
Other estimates put the ultimate cost much higher.
其他估算中，成本总额则要的高得多。

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