| 单词 | at the cost of something |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat the cost of something d. at the cost of something: at the expense of losing or sacrificing the specified thing, or of incurring a specified penalty.In quot. c1225 at live's cost: at the cost of one's life. ΚΠ c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 18 (MED) He..Bed bi liues coste keasten hire i cwalm-hus.] 1576 E. Aggas tr. P. de Mornay Def. of Death sig. B.iiijv Some through long and tedious seruice haue attained to this degree, some by hazarding their liues at all assaies, yea oftentimes at the cost of an arme or a leg. 1767 Speech in Behalf of Constit. 6 Our ancestors were Patrons of Liberty at the cost of their lives. 1862 J. Ruskin in Fraser's Mag. June 784/1 It is not the object of political economy to increase the numbers of a nation at the cost of common health or comfort. 2011 S. G. Fritz Ostkrieg vi. 309 At the cost of considerable losses, the enemy stubbornly clung to his foothold south of the Don. < as lemmas |
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