Those who do not quite fill their present places are dead weight upon society, government, commerce, and industry; they must be carried along by others at a great expense.
最终,这些人只会成为政府的累赘,制约社会、经济以及工业的良性发展,而社会上的其他人还必须耗费大量的物力和财力才能拉动他们一起前进。
单词 | at a great expense |
释义 |
at a great expense
原声例句
失落的致富经典 Those who do not quite fill their present places are dead weight upon society, government, commerce, and industry; they must be carried along by others at a great expense. 最终,这些人只会成为政府的累赘,制约社会、经济以及工业的良性发展,而社会上的其他人还必须耗费大量的物力和财力才能拉动他们一起前进。 国富论(五) More or less can be got for it, according as the competitors happen to be richer or poorer, or can afford to gratify their fancy for a particular spot of ground at a greater or smaller expense. 或多或少可以得到它,这取决于竞争者碰巧更富有或更贫穷,或者可以负担得起以更大或更小的费用来满足他们对特定地点的幻想。 远大前程(原版) " I am going to live, " said she, " at a great expense, with a lady there, who has the power—or says she has—of taking me about, and introducing me, and showing people to me and showing me to people" . " 我要活下去," 她说," 要花很大的代价,和一位女士在一起,她有能力——或者说她有——带我四处走走,介绍我,向我展示人们,向人们展示我。 |
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