句中at the expense of People are now spending up to one quarter of their waking lives either talking or textingon the telephone or e-mailing,at the expense of face-to-face conversations,

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句中at the expense of
People are now spending up to one quarter of their waking lives either talking or textingon the telephone or e-mailing,at the expense of face-to-face conversations,

在...所消费中~

以……为代价/交换条件

以牺牲。。。为代价
人们花费他们四分之一醒着的时间用于电话或邮件交谈或发信息,却失去了面对面的交谈所带来的益处。

在损失(面对面交谈)的情况下

以……为代价
人们花费他们四分之一醒着的时间用于电话或邮件交谈或发信息,这一切是以牺牲面对面交谈为代价的.

以……为代价