英语释义

1. in a way that harms (something or someone)

片语

over at the expense of以…为代价

At the expense of environment不惜以牺牲环境为代价

at the expense of technology减少对技术经费的投入

at the public expense公费

at the cost of以…为代价

at the expense of banks削弱了银行本身的存在

found at the expense of以…为代价

at the expense of children把儿童牺牲掉

at the expense of以…为代价；由…支付费用

At t the expense of以……为代价

英汉例句

• Start with an 「intervention」 and explain that status reporting is important, but not at the expense of actually building and testing the product you actually have to ship.

  从一种「干涉」开始，向他解释状态报告很重要，但是不能以牺牲建立和测试你实际要发布的产品为代价。

• To use one of the protesters「 better slogans, the 1% have gained at the expense of the 99%.

  用某个反对者所持的标语来描述，1%的人获利是以牺牲99%的人的利益为代价的。

• This turnaround seems to have come at the expense of those who describe themselves as being without religion.

  这一转变的发生看似是以那些将自己描述为无信仰者（比例的下降）为代价的；

• Authentic me wants to have her family in her life, just not at the expense of having the life she wants.

  真实的自我不想牺牲自己想要的生活，同时能按照自己的方式拥有家庭。

• Intel loves high margins, and their market monopoly allows them to pursue margin at the expense of innovation.

  英特尔钟爱高额利润，并且他们的市场垄断地位允许他们以创新为代价去追逐利润。

• They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at the expense of the people.

  他们跑过去迎接他，同他握手和他一起追忆牺牲他人利益而得到的富有美好的时光。

• So instead of redistributing wealth and opportunities, rich regions and individuals benefit at the expense of poorer ones.

  所以并非重新分配财富和机会，而是富裕地区和个人以牺牲穷人的利益来获益。

• However, this comes at the expense of releasing all your personal information to parents should they (or their child) ever want to contact you.

  然而，这样做的代价就是把你的信息全都留给那些父母，他们(或他们的孩子)以后可能想要联系你。

• But those financial decisions come at the expense of our health and of our children」s health.

  可是，这些有助于生财的决定是拿我们以及我们的孩子健康作为代价的啊！

• This distinction between the test scenarios helped manage risk, by allowing additional resource to be applied when unexpected problems occurred, at the expense of test scenarios of lower priority.

  通过允许当未预期的问题出现时应用附加的资源，以较低优先级的测试场景为代价，测试场景之间的差别帮助管理风险。

• As a result, 「one size fits all」 products prioritize convenience for the inventor – often at the expense of affordability for the end consumer.

  因此，”一种产品设计适用所有人”的确让创新者省事了，但常常是以最终消费者的成本负担为代价的。

• Mr Shelby argues that this could push Banks to accommodate consumers at the expense of the Banks「 safety and soundness.

  但谢尔比认为这样将会使得银行以自身的安全和稳定为代价来迎合消费者的偏好。

• If and when some people get ahead at the expense of others, they will eventually pay.

  如果当一些人以其他人为代价获得成功，他们最终会得到报应的。

• They also were paid at the expense of rebuilding capital buffers.

  这些奖金的支付也是以牺牲重建资本缓沖为代价的。

• The stereotype of German humourlessness is believed to derive from their reputation for efficiency, punctuality and rationality, presumed to be at the expense of humour.

  调查认为，对于德国人缺乏幽默感的成见来自他们在效率、守时和理性上的名声，这些被认为是以失去幽默感为代价的。

• It is true that in the course of China」s economic development, some companies have pursued profits at the expense of morality.

  在中国经济发展的进程中，一些企业以出让道德的代价追逐利润，这是不争的事实。

• Privy to superior information, banks can charge hefty fees and drive up their own profits at the expense of clients who are induced to take on risks they don’t fully understand—a form of rent seeking.

  由于信息不对称，银行可以收取大额的费用，并通过客户支付费用抬高他们自己的收益，而客户在完全不知情的情况下被诱导而承担风险——这是一种寻租形式。

• The increase in Internet bookings comes at the expense of the GDS and Voice Channels, both of which have been in decline for many years now.

  在线预订量的增长是以GDS和电话预订渠道衰退为代价的，后两者的预订量目前已经许多年出现下降。

• One country's success need not come at the expense of another.

  一个国家的成功不必以另一个国家的利益为代价。

• That closed communication comes at the expense of public knowledge sharing, but classroom innovators may not be able to have it both ways in the long term.

  不过这种封闭的交流是以牺牲公共知识的分享为代价的，不过长远来看，课堂里的创新者们不能总是两全其美的。

• Usually, rebels in uniform suffer at the expense of their ideas.

  穿军装的叛逆通常要为自己的思想付出代价。

• Parents are not wrong in enforcing good study habits, but they must not do so at the expense of stifling normal child development.

  家长把好的学习习惯强加给孩子没有错，但是，他们这么做不能以抑制儿童的正常发展为代价。

• Usually, this is done at the expense of readability.

  通常，这是以可读性为代价的。

• Lower Settings reduce the number of connections at the expense of performance.

  较低的设置会减少连接数，但是以性能作为代价。

• A specific style provides improvement in one or more quality attributes of the application — usually at the expense of other attributes.

  特定的风格提供对应用程序的一个或多个质量属性的改进——通常以牺牲其他属性为代价。

• However, this is at the expense of a strange syntax that may leave your colleagues scratching their heads.

  但是，这样做的代价就是，会有一个奇怪的语法令您的同事备受困扰。