at expense

释义

1. 牛津电影里 60%

   由某人付钱；由某人负担费用

   paid for by sb

   At our expense.

2. 牛津电影里 40%

   在某人受损的情况下；以某人为代价；跟某人开玩笑

   if you make a joke at sb's expense, you laugh at them and make them feel silly

   Lloyd got a great deal of enjoyment at my expense when he was alive.

电影里这样说 · 6 部

• Lloyd got a great deal of enjoyment at my expense when he was alive.Steel Magnolias1989
• At our expense.Arthur the King2024
• - Well, not at our expense, I hope. - Good heavens, no. She was going anyway.The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp1943
• all at The Table s expenseJohn Wick: Chapter 42023
• towards the expense of the funeral.Mary Reilly1996
• would come at the expense of our awfully good fission program.Oppenheimer2023
• CHiCo: So at the expense of your very wide butt...Batman: Under the Red Hood2010
• "Spare no expense," he used to say.Jurassic World2015

在完整场景里学

• 钢木兰1989
  • 清早的忙乱与当场录用：talking to a brick wall（说了等于白说）
  • 美发店雇新人聊八卦：talk some trash（聊点别人的闲话）
  • 婚前拉锯与邻里算账：a bone to pick with（有账要算）
• 冠军亚瑟2024
  • 退潮搁浅全队争执：own worst enemy（自己最大的敌人）
  • 复出前四处拉赞助：stuck in the mud（陷在泥里）
  • 讲吃苦的本事拉赞助：have what it takes（有那份本事）
• 百战将军1943
  • 演习开战还虚报伤亡：my Aunt Fanny（才怪）
  • 演习假戏真做抓间谍：not a hope（一点希望都没有）
  • 将军在蒸汽室被俘：my foot（才怪）

同一词条的短语

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

习语频道里接下来

• be good friends
• by comparison
• have a part
• have your doubts
• in theory
• make certain
• not just yet
• not later than
• in reality
• give a whirl
• at first sight
• throw in the towel