The sheer physical effort had exacted a heavy price.

纯粹的体力支出已付出了沉重的代价。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

We're paying a heavy price for Washington's obsession with phantom menaces.

我们正在为华盛顿痴迷于幽灵般的恐吓付出沉重的代价。

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It's easier to pretend than to be truly honest with ourselves, but it comes with a heavy price.

伪装比对自己诚实容易得多，可这伴随着沉重的代价。

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It was a heavy price to pay.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

"The American people are very angry. And they do not like it and we are going to try to repeal this, and we are going to have a very spirited campaign coming up between now and November and there will be a very heavy price to pay for it."

VOA: special.2010.03.27

and he says he has "paid a heavy price." The Olmert case is one of several recent corruption scandals that have toppled senior officials.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

Mr Lenihan's Fianna Fail party paid a heavy price in elections earlier this year.

ECONOMIST: Ireland��s former finance minister dies, at just 52

Birmingham paid a heavy price for their profligacy as Blackpool equalised from their next attack.

BBC: Blackpool 1-2 Birmingham

"Our troops have made an enormous contribution and paid a heavy price, " Lady Royall said.

BBC: Lord Strathclyde reiterates Afghanistan commitment