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The commission argued that other agencies would protect against anti-competitive behavior, such as a broadband-providing conglomerate like AT&T favoring its own video-streaming service at the expense of Netflix and Apple TV.

该委员会辩称，其他机构会防范反竞争行为，比如像AT&T这样提供宽带服务的企业集团偏袒自家的视频流媒体服务，而牺牲奈飞和苹果电视的利益。

But both these criteria would be at the expense of time.

但这两种标准都会以牺牲时间为代价。

Furthermore, the highest CEO salaries are paid to outside candidates, not to the cozy insider picks, another sign that high CEO pay is not some kind of depredation at the expense of the rest of the company.

此外，最高的首席执行官薪酬是付给外部人选的，而不是付给关系亲密的内部人选，这是另一个迹象，表明首席执行官的高薪并非某种以牺牲公司其他人利益为代价的掠夺。

“There seems to be a predominance of short-term thinking at the expense of long-term investing,” said Commissioner Daniel Gallagher of the US Securities and Exchange Commission in a speech this week.

美国证券交易委员会委员丹尼尔·加拉格尔本周在一次演讲中说：“短期思维似乎占据了主导地位，而这是以牺牲长期投资为代价的。”

While climate is a key element, Moritz says, it shouldn’t come at the expense of the rest of the equation.

莫里茨说，虽然气候是一个关键因素，但不应以牺牲其他因素为代价。