Loneliness is a high price to pay for independence in your old age.

孤寂是老年独自生活要付出的高昂代价。

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It's a high price to pay for it.

但是为此付出的代价很高。

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That is a high price to pay for U.

这是为美国的保护而付出的极为惨重的代价。

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We have already been there nine years. I believe that is too high a price to pay."

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And we pay a very high price for this inability, for this refusal to accept the fact that it is part of human nature that is constrained, that is there no matter what.

我们为这种无能付出高昂代价，为拒绝接受,本性受约束，生而有之的事实，付出高昂代价。

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He can afford it, but it is a high price to pay for accepting a set of keys.

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