【句子】Oh, yes, and then your uncle Mitchel will laugh at your expense. 【Modern Family S2E23】
【发音】/əʊ/ /jes/ /ənd/ /ðen/ /jə(r)/ /ˈʌŋ.kļ/ /ˈmɪtʃəl/ /wɪl/ /lɑːf/ / /læf/ /æt/ /jə(r)/ /ɪkˈspens/
【发音技巧】and then不完全爆破；laugh at your连读+音的同化；
【翻译】没错，然后你舅舅Mitchel就会幸灾乐祸。
【适用场合】
at sb.’s expense
1. 由某人支付
sth. is paid for by sb.

eg: Once I learned that the trip was at my expense, I decided not to go.
当我得知这次旅行是我自己出钱的时候，我就不打算去了。

eg: We were taken out for a meal at the company's expense.
我们在外面吃了顿饭，公司出钱。

eg: We went on holiday at my father's expense
我们去度了假，一切费用由我父亲支付。


2. 嘲笑，取笑；幸灾乐祸
可以说laugh at sb.’s expense,
或者make a joke at sb.’s expense
If you make a joke at sb.'s expense, you laugh at them and make them feel silly.

eg: Would you stop making jokes at my expense?
你别再拿我开玩笑了，好不好？

eg: I'll never forget the people who laughed at my expense.
我永远不会忘记那些嘲笑过我的人。

eg: They had a good laugh at my expense.
他们大大地把我取笑了一番。


【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】
There was plenty of laughter, most of it at my expense.