at the price of

基本解释

The answer is that speed comes at the price of flexibility.
答案是，速度的获得以灵活性的失去为代价。
He has said he was angry to have a medal around his neck at the price of Brennan’s and Mendoza’s lives.
他说过，将荣誉勋章挂在脖颈的所付出的代价是布伦南和门多萨的生命，他感到非常气愤。
XML has provided significant advantages, but these advantages come at the price of performance and throughput.
XML 提供了重要的优点，但这些优点是以性能和吞吐量为代价的。

Terrafugia expects the Transition to reach market by the end of twenty-twelve, at a price of around two hundred fifty thousand dollars.
That I think is a real virtue but it can come at the price of demanding short term accountability.
我认为这是个优点，但是可能会,付出短期责任的代价。
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When they look at the price of a company, how do we know whether the price at which you're buying is reasonable?
当他们看到公司股价的时候,怎么知道买入的价格是合理的呢
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But that security seems to come at the price of easy legibility for humans.
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