1. Deliveries of mail could be delayed because of cost-cutting. 由于削减成本，邮件的递送可能会延迟。
2. This rule does not imply that cost-cutting should not be tried. 这一规则并不意味着不应该尝试削减成本。
3. Another problem is that the cost-cutting approach hinders innovation and discourages creative people. 另一个问题是，削减成本的方法阻碍了创新，也阻碍了有创造力的人。
4. The results of the company's cost-cutting measures are evident in its profits, which increased five percent during the first three months of this year after it fell over the last two years. 该公司削减成本措施的结果在利润上体现得很明显，在过去两年利润下滑之后，今年前三个月的利润增长了5%。
5. As Abernathy's study of automobile manufacturers has shown, an industry can easily become prisoner of its own investments in cost-cutting techniques, reducing its ability to develop new products. 艾伯纳西对汽车制造商的研究表明，一个行业很容易成为自己在削减成本技术上投资的俘虏，从而降低了开发新产品的能力。
