1. Owen was against it, on the grounds of expense.
2. I'll try to save him the expense of a flight from Perth.
3. He put Elizabeth's motel bill and airfare on his expense account.
他将伊丽莎白住汽车旅馆的费用和机票费用记在他的报销账目中。
4. It exposes the fallacy of short-term industrial gain at long-term environmental expense.
这暴露了以长久的环境破坏为代价换取短期工业利益的错误。
5. The orchestra has more discipline now, but at the expense of spirit.
6. Should architects continue to be trained for five years at public expense?