Some people say lobbying supports special interests at the expense of the public interest.

VOA: special.2010.09.27

So, here was a royal tomb closed forever and yet built at a fantastic expense and enormous kind of labor.

由此可见,这里曾是一个以惊人的财富,和巨大的劳动力建成的封存的皇家墓穴

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

They're already paying for public transport, so it's just kind of a financial expense they could do without.

他们已经向公共交通付钱了，所以，那只是一笔没有必要的财务支出。

公共交通更方便 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

In addition to the expense of buying the commercial time, Thomas Harpointner says there are additional costs that many forget.

VOA: standard.2010.01.27

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

If that price is too low,he says, it will not adequately cover the expense of fuel,fertilizer, herbicides and equipment.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

And b, they have what's called a low expense ratio since they're easy to implement, you don't pay anyone to be brilliant to implement if for you.

但是他们的费用比率很低,因为这种做法很容易，你不需要,有多聪明就能去实施。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

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

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

But he also notes the expense of maintaining so many troops.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

And in general, when people devote a lot of energy or money or expense to something, they are extraordinarily resistant to having it proven wrong.

一般来说，当人们投入的精力，金钱或成本越多时，他们就越不会相信自己是错的。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

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

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

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

The most striking of which were death masks made of pure gold on the remains of the body, but also jewels, and implements, and weapons of very high expense.

其中最引人注目的是,覆盖在尸体上以纯金所制的面具,当然还有贵重的珠宝,器具,武器

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Mohammad Akhter,Executive Director of the National Medical Association, said reform is needed to deal with an explosion of chronic disease in the United States, adding that failure to pass a bill now would mean more expense for the country later.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

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

"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

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

If he enters the election and he wins the election then his payoff is B because he entered C, --sorry B because he won, C because he had to pay his election expense.

如果他参加选举并且获胜,那么他的收益是B,因为他参选,C,对不起,B,因为他获胜,C,因为他要支付选举成本

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

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

And, as I already said, south and southeast to the expense of the Turks.

而且,我已经说过,向南和东南扩张到了土耳其

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

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

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