but democrats believe they paid a high price for their courage: losing the house of representatives in 1994 shortly after the assault-weapons ban, and then losing the presidency in 2000.
the ironic clash of high price and cheap subject matter couldn’t be louder.
高昂价格与廉价创作题材的讽刺性沖突没有比这更加激烈的了。
their suffering is real – and a high price to pay for entertainment.
他们的痛苦是真实的——都为娱乐付出了高昂的代价。
because of the high price of oil, they are cutting corners.
因为石油的高价格,所以他们就抄近路。
chile is paying an increasingly high price for the deadlock.
智利正为这场僵局付出越来越高的代价。
the strength of brazil’s currency, for example, may partly reflect the high price of exports such as soyabeans.
比如,巴西里亚尔的强势一定程度上是拜其出口品(如大豆)价格较高所赐。
asean has paid a high price for admitting the country and this seems the least it could do.
东盟为接纳这个国家已经付出了高昂的代价。这似乎是它目前唯一可做的。
without confirmation of trading patterns, the occurrence of high price correlations might arise from common climatic patterns or changes in the stock of money rather than from market integration.
如果没有确定贸易模式,较高价格相关性的出现可能源于通常的气候类型或者货币存量的变化而不是市场整合。
the high price of food can tax even the hardiest consumer.
食品的高价格将被课税,甚至对最困难的消费者也一样。
but the victors of the war wrote germany's guilt into the versailles treaty at the infamous hall of mirrors, and collectively decided that it would have to pay a high price for that guilt.
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。
it is worth paying a high price to stave off a liquidity crisis over new year: better that weak banks are able to borrow at the same rates as strong ones than that they are not able to borrow at all.