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To me it would seem only a commercial exchange, in which each wished to be benefited at the expense of the other.
对我来说，这似乎只是一种商品交换，双方都想损人利己。
Greater ties with non-western countries seem to be coming at the expense of the Europe Union, in particular.
扩大与非西方国家的往来，似乎尤其影响到与欧盟的关系。
If Mr Hirst were managing a quoted company, he would be unable to enrich himself at the expense of his investors in quite the same way.
如果赫斯特先生经营一个上市公司，他的投资者同样这么做就不会让他自己获益。
If four tailors are enough to make all the clothes for a town and a fifth arrives, he may find some work at the expense of the other four.
如果一个村子里四个裁缝就足够的话，第五个来了，他的工作是以前四个人的为代价。
The OECD warns this may come "at the expense of a sustainable capital structure and risks to the ultimate solvency of the company. "
经合组织警告称，这可能“以牺牲可持续资本结构为代价，并可能最终面临公司丧失偿付能力的风险。”
To see why a serious cap-and-trade system doesn't have to come at the expense of economic growth, take a look at California.
让我们以加州为例分析一下为什么严格的总量管制与排放交易系统不会以牺牲增长为代价。
If I seek to fulfill my own needs at the expense of my partner, we are sure to experience unhappiness, resentment, and conflict.
如果为了满足自己的需要而造成配偶的损失，我们必然会经历不悦、忿恨和冲突。
'We had never considered that this way of listing would come [at the expense] of investor trust, ' he said.
他说，我们从来没有想到采用这种方式上市会以投资者的信任为代价。
she screamed, darting her hand into the fire, and drawing forth some half consumed fragments, at the expense of her fingers.
她尖声叫着，伸手到火里，抓出一些烧了一半的纸片，当然她的手指头也因此吃了点亏。
Employees and analysts say he's guided by a zeal for satisfying customers, even if it comes at the expense of his own ideas and preferences.
他的员工及分析师都说他一直被顾客满意的热情所指引，即便是在有损他的观点和偏好的时候。
A year later and Gerrard was at it again, helping Liverpool seal an FA Cup final triumph at the expense of West Ham in Cardiff.
一年后，杰拉德再度卷土重来，他帮助利物浦在加迪夫战胜西汉姆赢得足总杯最终的冠军。
Society, she said, has therefore placed a priority on preventing crime and disputes and that has come at the expense of privacy.
因此社会把预防犯罪和争端放在首位，这是以牺牲个人隐私来实现的。
He was continually coming to her with some tale or other, by which he might creep into favor at the expense of persons maligned.
他总是在不断地向她散播流言蜚语，中伤别人，企图以此博得她的好感。
Obama said the U. S. will not try to curb climate change at the expense of economic growth.
奥巴马表示美国不会试图牺牲经济增长遏制气候变化。
We do not seek to maximize our own interests at the expense of others, but rather will carry out a win-win, opening-up strategy.
我们不追求自己的利益最大化，而将认真实行互利共赢的开放战略。
That emphasis on consilience, even if it came at the expense of convenience, has always been a defining trait of Steve Jobs.
强调步调一致，即便以便利为代价，这是史蒂夫·乔布斯一直以来最为典型的特质。
and since this came at the expense of everyone else, it is often presumed that bankers were deliberately hiding their complex games.
这种富有牺牲了其他所有人的利益，所以人们经常想当然地认为银行家蓄意隐瞒了他们复杂的游戏。
Think of all afraid, I definitely will not be the kind of romance at the expense of good health to people.
想想都怕，我绝对不会是那种为了浪漫而牺牲身体健康的人。
eg. Economic development is often achieved at the expense of environment.
经济发展常常以环境为代价。
He also concentrated on converting Luke Skywalker to the dark side of the Force, even at the expense of sacrificing Vader.
他还专注于把卢克·天行者转化到原力黑暗面，甚至不惜以牺牲维德为代价。
He was continually coming to her with some tale or other, by which he might creep into favor at the expense of persons maligned.
他总是在不断地向她散播流言蜚语，中伤别人，企图以此博得她的好感。
With much laughing, at the expense of niggers who tried to be gentlemen, the articles very readily were sold.
在讥讽黑人也想当上等人的阵阵哄笑声中，衣物很快就卖掉了。
Her fame was bought at the expense of her marriage.
她出了名，却牺牲了她的婚姻。
If war insurance is provided, it shall be at the expense of the buyer(see A. 5).
如需投保战争险，费用应由买方负担（参阅A.5条款）。
Dickens said that "smartness" was at the expense of honesty.
狄更斯说“精明”是受人欺骗之后得来的。
He also concentrated on converting Luke Skywalker to the dark side of the Force, even at the expense of sacrificing Vader.
他还专注于把卢克·天行者转化到原力黑暗面，甚至不惜以牺牲维德为代价。
It is often possible to optimize memory usage at the expense of some CPU cycles, and vice versa.
以一些CPU周期为代价来优化内存用法通常是可能的，反之亦然。
Within this system, the crisis can only be solved at the expense of the working class, the peasants, the poor, the migrants and youth.
在这个体制中，危机的解决只能以工人阶级、农民、穷人、移民和青年为代价。
This is often at the expense of embracing contemporary needs and innovative design thinking.
这经常以满足当代的需求和创新设计思想为代价。
Mr Shelby argues that this could push banks to accommodate consumers at the expense of the banks' safety and soundness.
但谢尔比认为这样将会使得银行以自身的安全和稳定为代价来迎合消费者的偏好。
Moreover, falling rents are not the only way in which tenants are getting the upper hand at the expense of landlords.
此外，租金下跌并不是房客掌握主动权让房东少赚钱的唯一方面。
We can increase it a bit at the expense of rainforests, but there's a limitation very soon.
我们可以增加一点农业用地，牺牲雨林，但不久这就会到一个极限。
If we were to be together, it would be at the expense of many things in our real worlds.
如果我们要聚在一起的话，那会付出许多现实世界的代价。
But I still believe developing the economy at the expense of the environment is no different from killing the goose to get its golden egg.
但我仍然认为以牺牲环境为代价来发展经济无异于杀鸡取卵。
You worry that it would be at the expense of your colleagues, but if they cannot promote themselves that's their problem.
你担心这会损害同事的利益，但是如果他们不能推销自己，那是他们的问题。
Wall Street slave: do you really need to make as much money as you're earning, at the expense of all that stress?
华尔街奴隶：你是不是真需要你现在能赚到的那么多钱，同时愿意以这种高压作为代价？
Unforeseen inflation tends to favour debtors and profit receivers at the expense of creditors and fixed-income receivers.
未预见的通货膨胀会使债权人和固定收入者利益受损，而让债务人和利润获得者从中获益。
The West Bengal opposition is now relishing the chance to accuse the commies of cosying up to capitalists at the expense of the peasantry.
孟加拉邦的反对党眼下正享受着指控共产党人损害农民利益以讨好资本家的机会。
The resulting compromise maximizes reproduction over a lifetime at the expense of the body's gradual deterioration.
这一妥协结果将是在一生中以身体逐渐衰老为代价而实现生长繁殖的最大化。
Much of the money would be recovered from Landsbanki's assets, at the expense of other creditors.
大部分欠款都到从冰岛银行的资产中获得，以牺牲其他债权人为代价。
The regulation of trade tends to enrich selected interest groups and industry captains at the expense of everyone else.
对交易的管制，往往让某些钦定的利益集团和行业领袖获利，却以牺牲他人的利益为代价。
Other banks have also suffered heavy losses as a result of the crisis, but these appear to be mainly at the expense of US taxpayers.
其它银行也因为这场危机遭受严重亏损，但是承担这笔损失的似乎主要是美国纳税人。
So far, the biggest and fittest companies are often flexing their financial muscle, benefiting at the expense of smaller and weaker ones.
到目前为止，最强、最大的公司经常以更弱、更小公司为代价壮大自己的财力。
Just as an oil company can profit from pollution, Wall Street profited from weak regulation, at the expense of society.
正如石油公司可以从污染中获利，华尔街得益于监管薄弱，而社会却付出了代价。
That "somehow, " after 10 years of the war on terrorism, has generally come at the expense of aesthetics.
在恐怖主义袭击发生10年以后，那个“以某种方式”已经大体上在牺牲美学的基础上完成了。
