| 释义 |
at someone's expense1Paid for by someone: the document was printed at the taxpayer’s expense...- A private company, subsidised by the taxpayer, is given a license to print money at our expense.
- These privileged persons arrive with families and hangers-on in helicopters, which land them at a helipad near the Park entrance, all at the taxpayer's expense.
- Politicians last night dismissed suggestions that a new service giving MPs special access to a London medical centre was queue-jumping at the taxpayer's expense.
1.1With someone as the victim, especially of a joke: my friends all had a good laugh at my expense...- Dan had made a joke at my expense and everyone was laughing.
- He seemed to be laughing himself silly at some of the jokes at his expense, but it may be that he's a good enough actor to fake enjoyment.
- He used the opportunity to joke at the city 's expense.
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