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18 mai 2016
- Castelhano (Colômbia)
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Inglês (EUA)
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Alemão
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Inglês (RU)
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Mostra-me frases de exemplo com "At the expense of" .Diz-me o máximo de expressões diárias possíveis.
Mostra-me frases de exemplo com "At the expense of" .Diz-me o máximo de expressões diárias possíveis.
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- Inglês (EUA)
Paying less for your wardrobe doesn't have to be at the expense of your fashion sense.
Buying cheap doesn't have to be at the expense of quality.
Doing what's easy is often as the expense of one's integrity.
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- Castelhano (Colômbia)
- Inglês (EUA)
- Castelhano (Venezuela) Quase Fluente
"Expense" in this case means that someone is losing something or is negatively affected.
"She was able to get the project done, but at the expense of her health."
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- Inglês (EUA)
@Snowflak3 It means you don't have to sacrifice the second thing(B) for the first thing(A).
A + "at the expense of" + B
A + "at the cost of" + B
In the first example sentence:
A. paying less
B. fashion sense
You don't have to sacrifice B for/when A.
You don't have to sacrifice your sense of fashion when paying less.
Paying less for your wardrobe doesn't have to be at the expense of your fashion sense.
Second example sentence:
A. Buying cheap
B. quality
You don't have to sacrifice B for/when A.
You don't have to sacrifice quality when buying cheap.
Buying cheap doesn't have to be at the expense of quality.
Third example sentence:
A. Doing what's easy
B. one's integrity
Since the sentence structure is different, and it's emphasizing what you lose when you do A, the example will look a bit different here. It's the same idea in reverse.
You sacrifice B when you do A.
You often sacrifice your(one's) integrity when you do what's easy(and not necessarily best).
Doing what's easy is often as the expense of one's integrity.
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