at the expense

常見例句

雙語(yǔ)例句

• If and when some people get ahead at the expense of others, they will eventually pay.
  如果當(dāng)一些人以其他人為代價(jià)獲得成功，他們最終會(huì)得到報(bào)應(yīng)的。
• This turnaround seems to have come at the expense of those who describe themselves as being without religion.
  這一轉(zhuǎn)變的發(fā)生看似是以那些將自己描述為無(wú)信仰者（比例的下降）為代價(jià)的；
• 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，這樣做的代價(jià)就是把你的信息全都留給那些父母，他們（或他們的孩子）以后可能想要聯(lián)系你.

原聲例句

• Some people say lobbying supports special interests at the expense of the public interest.
• Peter the Great expands territory beyond the Euro mountains along the Caspian Sea at the expense of the Turks.
  彼得大帝越過歐洲山脈,沿著里海擴(kuò)張,吞并著土耳其的土地
  耶魯公開課 - 歐洲文明課程節(jié)選
• To write any kind of epic at all might very well seem to be embracing an inappropriately sensual paganism at the expense of the higher discipline of good, old-fashioned monotheistic Christianity.
  不論你想寫好任何形式的史詩(shī),你都要接受一些不太恰當(dāng)?shù)漠惤绦叛?違反一些基督教中好的教條，和過時(shí)的一神論思想。
  耶魯公開課 - 彌爾頓課程節(jié)選

權(quán)威例句

• In those periods it was deliberately investing in the future at the expense of current profits.
  FORBES: Analytic myopia
• They can still be counted upon to further their own interests at the expense of investors.
  FORBES: Many Madoff Victims Still Don't Know They Were Investors
• Otherwise, effectiveness may be achieved at the expense of popular legitimacy and, ultimately, provoke a backlash.
  ECONOMIST: European Union
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