at a great expense的意思|示意

The building is aging-and not gracefully. Structural elements like a roof or plumbing system may need replacing at great expense to the owner.

您的房子太老了，也不好看。屋顶和管道都要花很多钱去更换。

But microprocessors were seen as highly specialised - designed at great expense only to be used by a few manufacturers in a handful of machines.

与之相比，微处理器是高度定制化的——其设计本身很昂贵，并且仅仅适用于部分制造商的部分产品。

But facts have proved that sending children to a famous school at great expense is not always a wise choice.

但是，事实已经证明，花昂贵的费用把孩子送到名校并非总是明智的选择。

This is not just theory; it is a lesson we learned, at great expense, during the Savings and Loan crisis of the 1980s.

这不只是理论；它是我们经历了1980年代的储贷危机以巨大的代价所习得的教益。

Plan for win-win success. Great business relationships occur when both parties succeed. If you expand your business at the expense of a customer, you eventually lose that customer.

成功的商业关系会让双方都能从中获益，如果你以损害客户的利益为代价来扩展业务，那你终将失去这个客户。

Museums have raised historic aircraft from salt water in good condition and at great expense only to see them crumble to white powder in a matter of months.

博物馆，咸水状况良好。