stiff price

Our freedom from spam had come at a stiff price& a very high false-positive rate.

我们为摆脱垃圾邮件付出了沉重的代价&误判率非常之高。

Would be double agents ought to know that there is a stiff price to pay for treason.

想当双重间谍者应该明白，叛国要付出极其重大的代价。

He asked a stiff price for his used car.

他给自己的旧车开了个高价.

But it paid a stiff price for the status, not only abandoning its Airbus stake but overpaying in 2007 for Armor Holdings, which made armoured vehicles needed in Iraq.

但BAE为这种地位付出了高昂的代价，不仅放弃了所持空客的股份，还在2007年出高价收购了Armor Holdings（该公司生产伊拉克战场上使用的装甲车）。