Too often when you stand up to give a speech, you focus on the "public" at the expense of the "speaking".

当你站起来演讲时，你常常会以牺牲“演讲”为代价去关注“公众”。

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That closed communication comes at the expense of public knowledge sharing, but classroom innovators may not be able to have it both ways in the long term.

不过这种封闭的交流是以牺牲公共知识的分享为代价的，不过长远来看，课堂里的创新者们不能总是两全其美的。

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And he argues that indigent citizens, who are unable to provide for themselves, should not be forced to rely simply upon the private charity of individuals but should be maintained at public expense.

对于那些因贫困而无法养活自己的人，他却认为不能让他们，完全依靠私人的慈善救济过活，而应当用国家公共支出，建立相应的保障来维持他们的生活。

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Some people say lobbying supports special interests at the expense of the public interest.

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And he argues that indigent citizens, who are unable to provide for themselves, should not be forced to rely simply upon the private charity of individuals but should be maintained at public expense.

对于那些因贫困而无法养活自己的人，他却认为不能让他们，完全依靠私人的慈善救济过活,而应当用国家公共支出,建立相应的保障来维持他们的生活。

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And companies reap the benefits of the technology developed at the public expense.

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They are likely to give priority to the short-term claims of the public finances at the expense of impoverishing Argentines and their children in the future.

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Unfortunately, the proposed Silver Lake transaction falls significantly short of that, and instead appears to be an effort to acquire Dell at a substantial discount to intrinsic value at the expense of public shareholders.

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