He was a good businessman, but he had the mentality of a consumerist.

Most strikingly, the amount consumers spent in the shops grew much more quickly than anyone expected.

最惊人的是，消费者的购物支出的增长速度远远超过了任何人的预期。

Wall Street seems to be ignoring other indications that consumers are spending less.

华尔街似乎忽略了消费者花销正在减少的其他一些征兆。

Consumers will not have to junk their old cassettes to use the new format.

消费者将不必丢弃他们的旧盒带而采用新的制式。

Supermarkets often claim that they are responding to the wants of consumers by providing packaged foods.

超市经常声称他们根据消费者的需要提供包装食品。

Lower interest rates are acting like a magnet, dragging consumers back to the shops.

较低利率像磁铁一样吸引顾客又回到了商店。

More than ever before, the food industry is paying attention to young consumers.

食品工业比以往任何时候都更加关注年轻消费者。

The price increases were passed on by the firm to the consumers.

公司把上涨的费用转嫁到了顾客身上.

Consumers are spending less and traders are feeling the pinch.

消费者支出在减少，商人感觉手头拮据。

Most consumers seem unconvinced that the recession is over.

大多数消费者似乎都不相信经济衰退已经过去。

Consumers were groaning under the weight of high interest rates.

高利率令消费者不堪重负。

The region's hard-pressed consumers are spending less on luxuries.

该地区的消费者经济窘迫，在奢侈品上的开销比以前少了。

Michael consumes nearly a pound of cheese per day.

迈克天天吃掉将近一磅奶酪.

The typical adult consumes around 2,000 calories a day.

成年人每天约消耗2000卡的热量.

This architecture consumes a lot of manpower, and material resources.

这个建筑,耗用了不少人力物力.

The reactor can potentially produce more fuel than it consumes.

这座原子炉可生产超出它消耗的燃料.

Current global illumination consumes 8.9 % of energy and 19 percent of electricity.

目前全球的照明消耗了8.9%的能源及19%的电力.

Although visualization often consumes more space, its capability to clearly communicate is well worth the pixels.

虽然可视化往往会占用更多的空间, 但占用的这些像素换来了清晰的表达,这是值得的.

A candle lights others and consumes itself.

蜡烛照亮别人,却毁灭了自己.

It must be broken down to urea, which consumes energy.

它必须被分解成为尿素, 这时也要消耗能量.

A polluter then would pay for all the resources which he consumes.

这样,污染者就要为他所消费的资源付款.