For Colonel Vindman in particular, the testimony amounted to an unusual act of public criticism of the president by a White House employee - and it came at an immediate cost.

对一些人，尤其是对文德曼中校而言，这一证词等于白宫雇员公开对总统提出了批评，颇不寻常——但批评的代价也是立竿见影的。

Beyond the domino effect, Mr. Holdren, who is now a professor at Harvard's Kennedy School, said there were other immediate costs to what he called " the squandering of U.S. leadership on an acute global issue."

除了多米诺骨牌效应之外，现任哈佛大学肯尼迪学院教授的霍尔顿先生，还说，他所谓的“在面对严峻的全球问题时美国领导层还会因为采取了挥霍态度”付出更多的直接代价。