至少要付出 上百年的代价
“would take at least hundreds of years.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
想要再恢复回来
“recovering from it”
至少 要付出 上百年的 代价
“would take at least hundreds of years.”
这个代价
“That cost”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese public policy and conservation discourse, highlighting multidecadal or centennial costs is a common rhetorical strategy to convey irreversible damage.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
pay the price of...
A standard collocation used to describe suffering severe consequences or investing huge resources to rectify an issue.
over a hundred years; centuries
The prefix '上' attached to numbers indicates exceeding that amount, emphasizing sheer duration or scale.