1·He bought the vase at a considerable expense.
这个花瓶花了他相当多的钱。
2·The wear and tear of machinery had caused them considerable expense.
机器的损耗使他们的开支相当大。
3·The fee for the extra year of protection was a considerable expense.
加保的额外年度的费用是一宗相当大的消费。
4·It means considerable expense, but I'm not in the mood to count the pennies.
这意味着费用将会不少，但我也不想出手小气。
5·The disposal of physical assets sometimes might involve considerable expense and inconvenience.
有时候处理有形资产会价格不菲而且不方便。
6·Gruber has spent years developing such a model, which is maintained and update at considerable expense.
格鲁伯已花费数年建立这样一个模型，它的维持和更新都花费了相当大的代价。
7·When medicine dose not work, surgical therapy usually is applied with a considerable expense, great pain and not so perfect curative effect.
内科疗效不佳者采用手术治疗，手术费用较高、痛苦较大，而且远期疗效并不理想。
8·All exhibitors want to contribute to the success of this fair and some have gone to considerable expense, despite the current economic slowdown.
尽管目前经济出现滑坡，所有参展商都希望为此次博览会的成功做出贡献，有些参展商花了相当大的财力。
9·Wasson recalls that when he worked at Hewlett-Packard, the company would translate its technical manuals into 32 languages, at considerable expense.
他回忆他在惠普公司工作时，公司愿意支付一笔可观的费用，用于将一些技术手册译成32种语言。
10·These costs may be partially offset if the plant can filter out gaseous sulfur simultaneously and store it with the CO2, thus avoiding some of the considerable expense of sulfur treatment.
如果电厂能同步滤除气态硫，并与二氧化碳一并储藏，省去脱硫处理时可观的开销，便可能弥补一部份成本。