他们现在正在为过去的错误付出代价。

They're now paying the price for past mistakes.

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熊，你得为此付出代价！

Bear, you will have to pay for that!

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进步是要付出代价的。

There is a price for progress.

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As a result of the Freedom Rides, they had integrated interstate transportation, at great cost to the volunteers who rode those buses.

作为自由乘车运动的结果，州际间的交通被大大集中，不过这使那些乘坐巴士的志愿者们付出了极大的代价。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

That I think is a real virtue but it can come at the price of demanding short term accountability.

我认为这是个优点，但是可能会,付出短期责任的代价。

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But your food shall be the grasses of the field; By the sweat of your brow Shall you get bread to eat" So knowledge or wisdom or perhaps moral freedom seem to come at a very high price.

你也要吃田间的菜蔬;,你必须汗流满面,才得以糊口“,所以，人类为得到智慧，道德自由,付出了极大的代价。

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