pay a heavy price

If so, heightened economic tensions between America and China are a heavy price to pay.

如果这样的话, 中美两国将要为升级后紧张的经济局势付出惨痛的代价.

Anybody who is blind to this point, may pay a heavy price.

任何人忽视这一点都将付出很大代价.

And often, they pay a heavy price.

经常, 他们付出沉重的代价.

Cheng Yizhong the public's right to know in order to pay a heavy price.

程益中为了公众的知情权付出了惨重的代价.

For instance, the Philippine foreign minister lately said in the US that they will make China pay a heavy price on the Huangyan Island issue.

比如讲，他外长上一阵子在美国说，在黄岩岛问题上面，我们要让中国付出严重代价。

Answering letters is a heavy price to pay for the enjoyment of reading letters.

回信,是读信之乐的一大代价.

This is followed by an analysis of why Russia had to pay a heavy price in order to realize its rapid economic growth.

然后分析了俄罗斯为实现快速经济增长而付出的沉重代价；