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| Processed by: | richwarm (2018-11-18 02:38:58 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 62869 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> Various J examples, including this: These people intending to smuggle themselves to the United States or elsewhere could be risking their lives. 偷渡前往美国或其他地方的内地人士随时会赔上性命。 ----------------------------------- TP 如果我的婚姻需要我賠上自己的事業、生活、甚至人生，那我要這個婚姻幹什麼？ If my marriage would require me to give up my career, my lifestyle, and even my future, then why would I want to be in a marriage like that? 但在傲人的成就下，她也賠上了健康。 but such an achievement came at the cost of her health 到時候要賠上國家債信和國際形象， Taiwan's credit rating and its international image would have been wrecked. 雖然改善了家境，卻也賠上多位家人的健康， While the family's financial outlook improved, it did so at the expense of their health. 賠上高達百分之二十的毛利， which can drain away a 20% profit margin 還會賠上自己的人生 but also wastes your own short life 每次練琴時間就是全家的災難時間，他拉半小時，得賠上一小時的哭鬧，連陪在身旁的母親也感到心痛。 Whenever it came time for him to practice [violin], it turned into a traumatic family crisis. For every half hour of playing, there was an hour of fighting and crying. Even his mother couldn't help but feel pained as she watched. 兩次水災，賠上了前後一百多戶家庭的安居之所， In the aftermath of the two floods, more than 100 families were allotted new homes. 因為沒有事先查證一份假造的、有關布希總統服役時期的爆料文件，幾乎賠上了一生的崇高聲譽。 It turned out that the documents were forgeries, and the reputation Rather had worked a lifetime to gain suffered a serious blow. 兩年前離開科技公司設計工作的張翠華，因為長年在電腦前趕稿子，幾乎賠上一隻手臂， Stella Chiang, who left a position as a designer at a local tech company two years ago, nearly lost the use of a hand producing designs on deadline on her computer. 不但所費不貲，也賠上了台灣的環境； thereby exacting a tremendous toll both economically and environmentally. |
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+ 賠上 赔上 [pei2 shang4] /to pay for sth with the loss of (one's health etc)/to have sth come at the cost of (one's reputation etc)/ |