他为成功付出了高昂的代价。

Success has cost him dearly.

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那一个差错使他多年来付出了沉重的代价。

That one mistake has cost him dear over the years.

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她因犯错误而付出了巨大的代价。

She paid dearly for her mistake.

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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。

斯坦福公开课 - 微软CEO-Steve.Ballmer谈科技的未来课程节选

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。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选