Some elderly local activists are not comfortable using the snazzy voter databases purchased at great expense by party headquarters.

一些年纪较大的地方活动人士不习惯使用由全国总部花大价钱购置来的选民数据库。

All at great expense. If we stopped to do the cost-benefit analysis, we'd never go anywhere. Yet we do.

而且还很贵。若我们停下来分析成本效益，我们恐怕哪里都不会去。但我们依然东奔西跑。

His father was at great expense in obtaining books for him, clothing him, and paying his tuition. But George was idle.

他父亲花了很多钱为他准备书本、衣服和交学费。但是乔治总是很懒散。

Conference rooms were equipped at great expense.

【expense】装备会议室花了一大笔费用。

Last year, she saved a baby in a hospital fire, at great expense.

去年，她在医院火灾中救了一名婴儿，付出了巨大代价。

Firstly, the obsession with stardom can be financially draining for teenagers since it comes at great expenses.

首先，对明星的痴迷可能会耗尽青少年的经济， 因为它需要付出巨大的代价。

Yet these investments come at great expense to the German taxpayer, with politicians engaging in a global subsidy race.

然而， 这些投资给德国纳税人带来了巨大的代价，政客们参与了全球补贴竞赛。

Mathilde took care that this wild grotto should be decorated with marble monuments that had been sculpted in Italy at great expense.

玛蒂尔德小心翼翼地用在意大利花费巨资雕刻的大理石纪念碑来装饰这个荒凉的石窟。

His house when finished was fresh and gay, unusual, and simple with that simplicity that you knew could only have been achieved at great expense.

完工后，他的房子清新、欢快、不同寻常、简单，你知道这种简单只有付出巨大的代价才能实现。

They take pop stars as their idols, imitating their way of talking, following their style of dressing, and seeking every chance to meet them in person at great expenses.

他们把流行歌星当作自己的偶像，模仿他们的说话方式，遵循他们的着装风格，并寻求每一个机会亲自与他们见面，花费巨大的代价。