pay the ultimate price

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To die as a result of a fatal choice or decision, or because of deep commitments.
    — On the East and West Coast Main Lines in the 1950s/60s, for example, we saw the extinction of intermediate stations in order to create the same sort of accelerations that IRP is now promising. Back then, the priority was faster main line services, with wayside/intermediate stations paying the ultimate price.

词形变化

pays the ultimate price present,singular,third-person paying the ultimate price participle,present paid the ultimate price participle,past paid the ultimate price past
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