| 单词 | at the expense of a person |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat (†on) the expense (†expenses) of a person a. at (†on) the expense (†expenses) of a person, etc.: so that he defrays the cost; ‘at the charges of’. ΚΠ c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xx. 221 The grete Chane haþ euery day folk at His costages & expense. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 92 Appollo dide do make the arke..at the expensis of the king. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xi. 70 He furnest..tua hundretht lycht horse on his auen expensis. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xvii. 47 Vs at whose expence tis done. View more context for this quotation 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. iii. 220 Lawyers have more sober sense, Then to argue at their own expence. 1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. ii. 7 The Souldiers were all maintain'd at their own expences. 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 67 Our piscator..declined dining at our expense. 1873 Act 36 & 37 Victoria c. 71 §59 The Secretary of State may..cause any water-course to be widened at the expense of such board. at the expense of a person (or thing) b. transferred. at the expense of a person (or thing): so that he (or it) suffers consequent loss, injury, or diminution. ΚΠ 1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. Pref. 6 And so, at his Expence, advance a little Trophy of Reputations to themselves. 1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. (1759) I. xiii. 344 Gratify our Envy at the Expence of our Neighbour's Reputation. 1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 189 The copper wires..were oxidized at the expence of the acid. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. ix. 711 The interest of the subordinates..is..pursued at the expense of the service. 1849 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1866) 1st Ser. vii. 120 There was obedience at the expense of..feeling. 1879 M. Arnold Mixed Ess. 234 But the lovers of Hampden cannot forbear to extol him at Falkland's expense. < as lemmas |
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