The building is aging-and not gracefully. Structural elements like a roof or plumbing system may need replacing at great expense to the owner.
您的房子太老了,也不好看。屋顶和管道都要花很多钱去更换。
But microprocessors were seen as highly specialised - designed at great expense only to be used by a few manufacturers in a handful of machines.
与之相比,微处理器是高度定制化的——其设计本身很昂贵,并且仅仅适用于部分制造商的部分产品。
But facts have proved that sending children to a famous school at great expense is not always a wise choice.
但是,事实已经证明,花昂贵的费用把孩子送到名校并非总是明智的选择。
People live in big cities and food has to be transported at great expense and endeavor.
人们寓居在大城市里而食物的运输得花费大量的人力和物力。
For young people, having completed their education at great expense to their family, there is often a lot riding on their shoulders and the drive to succeed is high.
对青年人来说,已完成了伟大的教育费用对家庭,经常有很多骑着自己的肩膀和取得成功的欲望高。
Museums have raised historic aircraft from salt water in good condition and at great expense only to see them crumble to white powder in a matter of months.
博物馆,咸水状况良好。
It is hard to claim that pyramid-shaped tea-bags (developed at great expense over four years) have added much to the sum of human happiness.
对于金字塔状的茶叶包(开发花费巨大且历时超过四年),你很难要求它为人类幸福总和增添什么。
Of course, once the final whistle has blown and the television crews have dispersed, the pitches will need to be resown at great expense with grass fit for South African conditions.
当然,一旦终场哨声吹响,电视机前的观众散去的时候,还得花费高昂的费用在球场上重新播种更适合南非本土条件的草地。
London's orbital M25 motorway, for example, is only 20 years old, and has been expanded at great expense to 12 lanes wide in some places.
比如,伦敦的M25高速,刚建好20年,就不得不花巨资在某些路段拓宽为12车道。
The alternative is to liquefy the hydrogen at great expense and transport it in road tankers refrigerated with liquid nitrogen.
一个替代的办法是以巨大的代价把氢气液化,并用带液氮冷却的罐车运输。