at great expense

常見例句

Rich countries police some oceans, but at great expense.
一些富裕國家管轄著一些海洋，但花費巨大。
That way you can save money and make sure your programme will be effective prior to rolling out any public health campaign at great expense.
這種方式不僅可以節(jié)省開支，并且可以確保你的計劃比其它任何大動干戈組織的公共健康活動效果顯著。
But microprocessors were seen as highly specialised - designed at great expense only to be used by a few manufacturers in a handful of machines.
與之相比，微處理器是高度定制化的——其設(shè)計本身很昂貴，并且僅僅適用于部分制造商的部分產(chǎn)品。

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 diversify, Tata would enter, at great expense, the less volatile passenger car market.
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By the end, the factory was having to fly in materials to fill urgent orders at great expense.
ECONOMIST: Jobs come, but they soon go again
These work only because someone else is striving, at great expense, to analyze securities and keep them fairly priced.
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