at the expense of

釋義

1. at the expense of sb / sth

   在犧牲（或損害）…的情況下

   with loss or damage to sb / sth

   He built up the business at the expense of his health.他以自己的健康為代價逐步建立起這個企業。

電影裡這樣說 · 64 部

• CHiCo: So at the expense of your very wide butt...Batman: Under the Red Hood2010
• Not at the expense of protecting the homeland, you can't...Zero Dark Thirty2012
• You discovered the truth at the expense of your life.The Unholy2021
• would come at the expense of our awfully good fission program.Oppenheimer2023
• So you got your revenge, at the expense of a U.S. Government investigation.Rush Hour 22001
• No, he-he thought that a fusion program would come at the expense of our awfully good fission program.Oppenheimer2023
• Spare no expense.Arthur the King2024
• I spared no expense.Spielberg2017

在完整場景裡學

• 奧本海默2023
  • 大師勸他離開劍橋：leaves a little to be desired（還稍欠火候）
  • 請他執掌研究院：the man for the job（非他莫屬）
  • 火車上結識拉比：seek out（主動去尋找）
• 冠軍亞瑟2024
  • 退潮擱淺全隊爭執：own worst enemy（自己最大的敵人）
  • 復出前四處拉贊助：stuck in the mud（陷在泥裡）
  • 講吃苦的本事拉贊助：have what it takes（有那份本事）
• 斯皮爾伯格2017
  • 少露鯊魚更嚇人：on the edge of your seat（緊張得坐不住）
  • 鏡頭補上夠不著的童年：pie-in-the-sky（畫在天上的餅）
  • 溜進片場簽下合同：hear a pin drop（安靜到能聽見針）

同一詞條的短語

• at expense
• go to the expense of doing
• put to the expense of doing
• expense, money, is no object