不过，付出的代价是这类教会的数目不断增加。
这是一种不断付出的植物：因为新叶子会不断地长出，你可以月复一月地修剪它的叶子。
It's the plant that keeps giving: You can clip off leaves for months upon months as new ones keep shooting up.
又或者说不断上升的能源成本和恶化的环境灾难让人类付出了惨重代价。
Or suppose there is a slow decline as soaring energy costs and worsening environmental disasters take their toll.
应用推荐