| 单词 | at great, little, etc expense |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat (a) great, little, etc. expense b. Phrases. †to lie at expense: (of a prisoner) to be a cause of outlay. at an expense of: at a cost or loss amounting to. at the expense of: at the cost of (a certain sum), by the sacrifice of (something); so at (a) great, little, etc. expense. to be at expense: to incur expenditure; so, to put (a person) to expense. to be at the expense, expenses (of): to defray the costs (of); also const. to with infinitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > loss or gain [phrase] > to the loss or diminution of at the waring ofc1480 at the expense of1710 a1610 J. Healey tr. Theophrastus Characters (1636) 41 Now what expence soever he is at, he proclaimeth. 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 6 He lies at expense. I move therefore, to call him in. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 262. ⁋3 The new Pair of Gloves and Coach-hire that he was at the Expence of in her Service. c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 153 Some part of that mer one Mr. Fleetewood has been at the Expence to draine. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 418. ¶7 He is at no more Expence in a long Vista, than a short one. 1713 H. Martyn in Guardian 21 Mar. 1/2 Where, at the Expence of 4 or 5000l...he built a new one. 1765 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto (1798) iii. 62 Vowing to guard the princess at the expence of his life. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 371 We have been at such expence and trouble. 1793 E. Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 160 All operations between the tropics are at an immense expense of human lives. 1859 Regulations for Musketry Instr. Army 52 At a considerable expense, to erect marker's butts. 1882 Daily Tel. 12 June The home eleven had got 52 at an expense of two wickets. < as lemmas |
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