他日夜工作来养活一大家子,但却牺牲了自己的健康。 译文: He worked day and night to support his big family at the expense of his health.因为: sacrifice 是实质上的以身体的死亡做牺牲。而 at the expense of health . 是以消耗身体健康为代价。
He finished this design on time at the expense of his health.expense 有名词形式 也有动词形式n. 损失,代价;消费;开支 vt. 向…收取费用 vi. 被花掉 The company's expense this year was more than its revenue.代价 就是at the expense of...He expensed a lot of money on that boat.
牺牲: sacrificelay down one's life do something at the expense of 自我牺牲 self-sacrifice 英勇牺牲 die a heroic death 因公牺牲 die while on duty / die at one's post 壮烈牺牲 heroically give one's life / die a hero's death 牺牲个人利益 sacrifice one's personal interests 刘胡兰牺牲得非常惨烈。 Liu Hulan died tragically and heroically他以牺牲健康完成了这项工作。 He finished the job at the expenses of his health 她父母为她上大学在多方面作了牺牲. Her parents made many sacrifices so that she could go to university 她以自我牺牲精神救了我们的性命. Her self-sacrifice saved our lives