by putting jets up for sale at a high price that ensures nobody will buy, companies can appear frugal—even as their bosses continue to fly as usual.
这些公司标高售价,以确保飞机无人问津,又能让公司显得很节俭,而老板们依旧照飞不误。
for instance, the risk of refinancing at a high price began to emerge when the stock market index surged past 5000 points.
例如,当股市指数超过5000点的时候,高位再融资的风险开始显现。
these oblige utilities to buy all the electricity generated from renewable sources such as windmills and solar panels at a high price (currently six to eight times the market rate) for a long period.
该项政策要求电网企业对产自可再生能源的诸如风力发电机和太阳能电池板的电力按高价长期全单收购(目前是市场电价的6到8倍)。
the short-term agricultural gain came at a high price because the trees anchored the landscape.
因为树木能保持土壤,所以短期的农业收获付出了高昂的代价。
this perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.
这香膏可以卖许多钱,周济穷人。
even if that were true — even if truth and justice came at a high price — that would arguably be a price we must pay: laws aren「t supposed to be enforced only when convenient.
即使他们说得对,即便真理和正义代价很高,那么我们必须支付这一代价:法律并不是因为方便才得以实施。
forcing it down people」s throats at a high price is no way to win friends or make them want to do more with linux.
强迫人们接受高价是没有办法赢得朋友、或者让他们与linux更好相处。