This is not just theory; it is a lesson we learned, at great expense, during the Savings and Loan crisis of the 1980s.

这不只是理论；它是我们经历了1980年代的储贷危机以巨大的代价所习得的教益。

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But microprocessors were seen as highly specialised - designed at great expense only to be used by a few manufacturers in a handful of machines.

与之相比，微处理器是高度定制化的——其设计本身很昂贵，并且仅仅适用于部分制造商的部分产品。

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Museums have raised historic aircraft from salt water in good condition and at great expense only to see them crumble to white powder in a matter of months.

博物馆，咸水状况良好。

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That a modern state was searching, at great expense and at a cost to its own war effort, to find a fifteen-year-old girl in an attic in Amsterdam in order to get her on a train bound for a concentration camp in Poland showed something new in the theatre of human action.

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Put another way, it is the difference between supporting an inexpensive researcher who will discover more efficient, future solar panels and supporting a Solyndra at great expense to produce lots of inefficient, present-technology solar panels.

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We should all strive to build hyper-scalable businesses, but not at the expense of ensuring a great experience for the customer.

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