Instead, money often comes from unofficial sources, at great cost.

于是资金大部分来自非官方的渠道，代价非常高。

At great cost to the Persians, the Spartans and their king, Leonidas, were killed.

波斯付出了巨大的代价，斩杀了斯巴达勇士和他们的国王列奥尼达斯。

I would know because for 16 years I ignored mine at great cost to myself and others.

我知道，因为 16 年来我忽视了自己的，给自己和他人带来了巨大的代价。

Aline we are continuing to explore often at great cost to all concerned.

Aline 我们经常以所有相关人员的巨大代价继续探索。

Rebecca Graham of the Maine Municipal Association expects everything from hunting laws to food programmes to be challenged, at great cost to the taxpayer.

缅因州市政协会的丽贝卡·格雷厄姆预计，从狩猎法到食品计划，一切都将受到挑战，纳税人将为此付出巨大代价。

That's everything from making the currency inconvertible to annulling old bank notes and issuing new ones - measures to keep Russia's leaders from losing face that usually came at great cost to the Russian people.

从让货币不可兑换到废除旧钞票和发行新钞票，这些措施包罗万象——这些措施是为了防止俄罗斯领导人丢面子，而这些措施通常会让俄罗斯人民付出巨大代价。

Thus, in a new country, the woods and other objects, which in an old country would be maintained at great cost, are got rid of, simply with a view of " improving" as it is called.

因此，在一个新的国家，森林和其他物品，在旧的国家将花费巨大的成本来维护，只是为了所谓的“改善”而被摆脱掉。