at the cost

基本解释

Conversely, UR ensures the highest level of performance at the cost of some data inconsistency.
相反，UR 保証了最高的性能，但以一部分數據竝發性爲代價。
In this case there is greater separation between the application and queue manager but at the cost of a performance overhead.
在這種情況下，應用程序和隊列琯理器之間的分離狀況更好，但在性能方麪會有所損失。
This may generate more ad revenue but comes at the cost of your users’ trust, as they click on things they thought were genuine content.
這會帶來更多的廣告收入但是會以你的用戶的信任爲代價，因爲他們點擊他們認爲真的是內容的東西。
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But lately,observers say, Prime Minister Erdogan appears to be seeking influence with Arabs at the cost of relations with Israel.
This all came hard and at the cost, I'm sure, of a lot of human life and a lot of misery.
一切都變得艱難了,我確定,這奪走了很多人的生命,造成了很多痛苦
耶魯公開課 - 古希臘歷史簡介課程節選
Some people argued that there are certain things that are just categorically wrong even if they bring about a good result, even if they saved five people at the cost of one life.
有些人認爲,某些行爲反正就是絕對錯誤的,即便該行爲産生了好的結果，即便能犧牲一人挽救五人性命。
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China may have got a deal it liked, but at the cost of a public-relations disaster.
ECONOMIST: China's smile diplomacy shows its teeth