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After years of experimentation at vast public expense, the Anglo-French designers had crafted an engineering wonder with little hope of ever turning a profit .

经过几年耗费巨额国有资金的试验之后，英法设计师们炮制出了一个几乎无望获得赢利的工程奇迹。

Sam's wheat- and dairy-free diet means that the biscuits come at vast expense from the so-called wellbeing section of the supermarket.

Sam在禁食，不能吃麦类和奶制品，所以他吃的饼干都很贵，是从超市里的保健食品货架上买来的。

But in other areas such as state protection for small retailers, distorting fuel and fertiliser subsidies, and labour laws that protect the organised minority at the expense of the vast majority the government needs to step back.

但在其它领域--比如对小型零售商的国家保护、扭曲市场的燃料和化肥补贴，以及以绝大多数人为代价而保护少数有组织工人的劳工法律--政府需要退居二线。

Every winter, millions of fridges hum away continuously and at vast expense, busily maintaining an artificially-colled space inside an artificially-heated house--- while outside, nature provides the desired temperature free of charge.

每年冬季，数以百万计的冰箱，舂坎距离不断在广阔的牺牲，忙着维持一个人工colled空间内一人为炽热的房子---虽然外面，性质，提供了理想的温度，费用全免。

Every winter, millions of fridges hum away continuously and at vast expense, busily maintaining an artificially-cooled space inside an artificially-hearted house-while outside, nature provides the desired temperature free of charge.

每年冬天，上百万台冰箱不断的嗡嗡作响，花费很大，在人工制热的房间里忙碌地维持着一个人工制冷的空间，而在室外，自然免费提供理想的温度。

Huge government spending; huge country estates; huge popular demand for higher education; a huge wave; the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains; immense numbers of birds; at vast expense; the vast reaches of outer space; the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization- W.R.

巨额政府开销；巨额国家财产；对于高等教育的普遍的强烈需求；巨浪；洛杉矶导风渠象一条蜿蜒山底的巨蟒；大量的鸟；以巨额的代价；外层空间的无限延伸；知识的无限积累……我们称作文明-w.r。

Winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains; immense numbers of birds; at vast expense; the vast reaches of outer space; the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization- W.R.

巨额政府开销；巨额国家财产；对于高等教育的普遍的强烈需求；巨浪；洛杉矶导风渠象一条蜿蜒山底的巨蟒；大量的鸟；以巨额的代价；外层空间的无限延伸；知识的无限积累……我们称作文明-w.r。

He attained his goal at the expense of others.

他牺牲别人来达到自己的目的。

Or has something in the world's order gone awry at your expense?

又或者，是因为你的缘故而搞乱了世界的某种秩序？

Certainly, bank bosses displayed the hubris of all big corporate baddie s: paying themselves loads, making nutty expense claims (try an $87,000 rug) and, in one case, playing bridge in Detroit as their firm collapsed.

的确，银行老板们表现出了所有大公司大佬都会有的狂妄：用公司钱给自己还款，谎报离谱的个人支出（有一次是87，000美元的地毯），有个例子是，在公司倒闭的时候，他们还在打桥牌。

But this is impossible, as long as it is engaging in a market economy, there are risks in any operation.

但是，这是不可能的，只要是搞市场经济，是有风险的任何行动。

We're on the same wavelength.

我们是同道中人。