I was staggered at the amount of money the ring cost.

那戒指那么贵，我非常吃惊。

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I have never regret sending the old lady to hospital at the cost of missing the interview.

我从未后悔因为送那位老人家去医院而错过了面试。

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I hold to my belief that development shouldn't be at the cost of the environment.

我坚信发展不应该以环境为代价。

youdao

This all came hard and at the cost, I'm sure, of a lot of human life and a lot of misery.

一切都变得艰难了,我确定,这夺走了很多人的生命,造成了很多痛苦

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Second thing I would say that was valuable "Thank goodness, I did one year at Stanford Business School and learned how to read a balance sheet and understand the basics of cost accounting which is not mathematical rocket science.

我要说的第二件事是很重要的,感谢上苍，我在斯坦福商学院学了一年,学会了怎么看资产平衡表，知道恶劣,成本会计的基本知识。

斯坦福公开课 - 微软CEO-Steve.Ballmer谈科技的未来课程节选

At the margin, I'm reaping, I'm bearing the cost for the extra unit of effort I contribute, but I'm only reaping half of the induced profits of the firm, because of profit sharing.

从边际角度分析,我承担了多付出的全部边际成本,但我却只能得到一半的边际收益,因为利润是均分的

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

When I pay a fee to do something at the Smithsonian, I expect that fee to cover the cost of the program, not pay for White House czars.

FORBES: Patent Reform and the Constitution

And you can do that, but I don't know at the cost of what.

CNN: Bailout has doubters at tavern near thriving car plant

Everyone knows that foreclosure is an awful experience, but I think many of us we surprised at how high the shadow cost of breaching must be.

FORBES: NGDP in the Long Run and Economic Plasticity