A bizarre but costly lawsuit depleted another huge portion of their savings.
一桩莫名其妙而又昂贵的官司又让他们损失了另一大笔积蓄。
Neither of my test machines used the energy-saving, but costly, solid-state drives that are slowly replacing mechanical hard disks.
我用来测试的电脑没有使用固态硬盘。这种节能却昂贵的硬盘正逐渐替代机械硬盘。
On September 19th, British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold.
该年9月19日，英军将领约翰·柏戈因（John Burgoyne）在对阵大陆军将领霍雷肖·盖茨（Horatio Gates）和本尼迪克特·阿诺德（Benedict Arnold）时取得了一场小小的胜利，不过他也付出了惨痛的代价。
A bizarre but costly lawsuit depleted another huge portion of their savings. One thing led to another, and they found themselves in a financial disaster.
祸不单行，一场莫名其妙的昂贵的官司又耗尽了他们的一大笔积蓄，这一切使他们陷入了经济困境。
But at least they have demonstrated that when companies get into trouble with the law, evidence of good character can win them a less costly punishment.
但至少他们已经证明，当公司触犯法律时，良好品行的证据可以为他们换来代价更低的惩罚。
Opponents worry that such expansion would be costly for taxpayers, but advocates say it would save money in the long run.
反对者担心这样的扩张会让纳税人付出高昂的代价，但支持者说，从长远来看，这种扩张可以节省资金。
Some desalination plants exist where feasible, but they are costly to run and can need constant repair.
在可行的地方有一些海水淡化厂，但它们的运营成本很高，并且需要经常维修。
It's not necessarily a bad thing, but depending on the school, it can be costly to make up credits after switching too late in the game.
这未必是件坏事，但这取决于学校，而且转专业太晚的话，补学分的代价会很大。
You could scan through every page of the cookbook and scan ingredients lists looking for blueberries, but these scans are costly.
您可以翻阅这本烹调书的每一页，在食材清单中寻找蓝莓，但是这种浏览成本很高。
It has been rather costly to install the machinery, but it should pay off in the long run.
安装这套机械代价很高，但从长远来看它会赚钱的。
Sure, the PS3 is a costly game platform, but it can do far more than play games.
当然，PS 3作为一种游戏平台是昂贵的，但是它所能做的远不止是玩游戏。
All mistakes are costly, but they can be worth the expense if they are used to inform and instruct.
所有的错误都会让人付出代价，但是如果人们引以为鉴，错误的代价也是值得的。
Such schemes are hugely costly but Singapore has massive financial reserves for its size.
这样的计划花费甚巨，但新加坡厚实的家底还应付得了。
Then it will either pick the cheapest access path or (as of DB2 10) a slightly more costly but less risky path.
然后它会选取代价最小（对DB210 而言）或是代价稍大但风险较小的路径。
So risk-taking may be the way to go, given that failure is not that costly, but success is hugely rewarded.
因此，倘若失败者无需付出高昂的代价，而一旦成功回报巨大，那么人们就会不计后果地去冒险。
But fighting climate change will be costly.
但是，对抗气候变化的代价是高昂的。
We know how to make the search, we know how much searching is required, but it's very costly.
我们知道如何去探寻，我们知道需要做多少探寻，可是这非常昂贵。
These mistakes have been undeniably costly, but they’re not the whole story.
不可否认，犯错误的代价是昂贵的，可这还不是事情的全貌。
But winning such victories may be prohibitively costly.
但是要赢得这样的胜利代价可能让人承受不起。
This might seem costly, but losing a valued employee due to burnout can be far more costly.
这样做也许看起来代价高昂，但是职业倦怠而失去一名有价值的员工更加代价惨重。
It causes no direct physical harm but may be disruptive and costly.
此举虽然没有造成直接的人身伤害，但可能会造成破坏并且代价高昂。
In addition, perhaps a future Psyco could decide to perform more extensive (but more costly) optimizations on heavily-run operations.
另外，也许今后的Psyco可能会决定对费力运行的操作进行更广泛(但也更昂贵)的优化。
Generally, an application can create event listeners with event handlers through multiple connection ports, but this is costly in terms of network resources and maintenance.
通常，应用程序可以通过多个连接端口用事件处理程序创建事件侦听程序，但是这在网络资源和维护方面花费较大。
Broadband speeds in Japan are among the world's fastest, but access is costly.
日本现在的宽带速度是全世界最快的之一，但是收费十分昂贵。
Systematic and detailed understanding of the chemistry, topography and flow of the waters that cover two-thirds of the planet would be costly, but it could be achieved.
系统而详实了解覆盖地球表面三分之二的海洋水域的化学特性、地形及水流特性代价高昂，但是可以实现的。
Not only would it be too costly, but Dewey is useful.
这样不仅太贵了，而且杜威是有用的。
Coal is indeed a cheap source of energy, but its extraction is extremely costly to the environment.
煤炭其实是一种成本低廉的能源，但对它的采挖却耗资巨大。
You could scan through every page of the cookbook and scan ingredients lists looking for blueberries, but scans are costly.
您可以翻阅这本烹调书的每一页，在食材清单中寻找蓝莓，但是这种扫描成本很高。
Its President, Gundagai GP Paul Mara, says change is going to be costly but necessary.
协会会长家庭医生保罗·玛拉称这次变动付出的代价很大但是是必要的。
Its President, Gundagai GP Paul Mara, says change is going to be costly but necessary.
协会会长家庭医生保罗·玛拉称这次变动付出的代价很大但是是必要的。
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