Gates also addressed criticism from some members of the U.S.Congress that the change will embolden Russia at the expense of America's European allies.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

Peter the Great expands territory beyond the Euro mountains along the Caspian Sea at the expense of the Turks.

彼得大帝越过欧洲山脉,沿着里海扩张,吞并着土耳其的土地

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

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.

不论你想写好任何形式的史诗,你都要接受一些不太恰当的异教信仰,违反一些基督教中好的教条，和过时的一神论思想。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

In a written statement, the top Republican in the House of Representatives, John Boehner of Ohio, accused the White House of empowering Russia at the expense of America's European allies.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

So, the modern state, as we know it and still have it, in many ways grew out of the Hobbesian desire for security and the fear of death that can only be achieved at the expense of the desire for honor and glory.

所以我们知道的现代国家的建立,正如霍布斯所论,是人们对安全的渴求而导致的,只要一个人仍对荣誉有着强烈的渴求,他就永远不会对死亡产生恐惧。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

But his outreach to the Muslim world, and especially his landmark speech in Cairo in June, are seen by many Israelis as an attempt to appease the Arabs at the expense of the Jewish state.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

This thing's nice because rather than do "if" and "and and" or "or or" and all of this, you can instead enumerate things a little more cleanly, albeit apparently at the expense of more white space.

这个东西是不错的，因为它不用“if“和“and，and“,或者“or，or“所有的这些，你可以用枚举来更清楚地表达它，虽然表面上它用了更多的空格。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

"We have to protect the social gains that we have made in this hemisphere over the past decade,and ensure that the economic recovery of all the countries in the hemisphere does not come at the expense of the poorest and most vulnerable members of our society,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

Each page a victory, at whose expense the victory ball?

汗青页页,尽书胜主,成败之价,谁人乘沽

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

Is this all okay? If we're all going to die then does it really mean that we should just do the best we can at anybody's expense while we're alive?

这样真的可以吗,如果我们终难免一死,这就意味着我们可以在活着的时候,可以不惜代价,去更好的满足自己吗

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

He likes to include some snarky comments on the footnotes generally about me at my expense.

他喜欢把我的一些无礼的话,也记录下来，反正都是我说的。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

And he argues that indigent citizens, who are unable to provide for themselves, should not be forced to rely simply upon the private charity of individuals but should be maintained at public expense.

对于那些因贫困而无法养活自己的人，他却认为不能让他们，完全依靠私人的慈善救济过活,而应当用国家公共支出,建立相应的保障来维持他们的生活。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选