The garden was transformed at great expense.

花园改建花了一大笔费用。

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Rich countries police some oceans, but at great expense.

一些富裕国家管辖着一些海洋，但花费巨大。

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Most companies are keen on transforming their existing middleware to an SOA platform, often at great expense.

大多数公司热衷于将它们现有的中间件转换为SOA平台，通常这需要花费很大的代价。

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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

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To diversify, Tata would enter, at great expense, the less volatile passenger car market.

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Pharmaceutical companies must not only show drugs are safe, but repeatedly and at great expense demonstrate that they work.

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By the end, the factory was having to fly in materials to fill urgent orders at great expense.

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