In this consumerist age, most buyers aren't evaluating college as an investment, but rather as a consumer product—like a car or clothes or a house.
在这个消费主义的时代，大多数买家并没有把大学视为一种投资，而是把它视作一种消费品——就像汽车、衣服或房子一样。
But even so we may see more of a focus on 'real world' problems from now on and a move away from consumer apps as the primary focus.
但我们发现，从现在开始，很多人把焦点放在真实世界的问题上，不再把消费者应用当成主要焦点了。
Let's say you are a techie, and your venture was set up as a consumer website but then morphed into a B2B venture, for which sales skills are Paramount.
比如你是一名技术人员，你的公司成立时是一家消费网站，但后来变为一家B2B网站，网站最需要的是销售。
As an example, a consumer could be authorized to read but not to update or delete the resource student profile, identified by the relative URI /domain/student/identifier/profile.
举例来说，一个用户可以拥有读的权限，但没有更新和删除可以通过相对URI /domain/student/identifier/profile来标识的学生档案资源的权限。
But rather than rising, China's consumer spending has actually plummeted in the last decade as a portion of the overall economy, to about 35 percent of gross domestic product, from about 45 percent.
但是中国的消费者开支在整体经济中的比例十年来不但没有增长，反而有所缩水，从占gdp的45%下滑到35%。
But as we've seen before, this is a "happy problem" for the company, because it literally cannot produce enough devices to satisfy consumer demand.
但是正如我们之前所看到的那样，这对公司来说，是个“欢乐的问题”，因为实际上它只是没法生产足够的设备来满足消费者需求。
Firepower of up to $1 trillion may sound a lot, but much more than that amount is in danger of souring in America as consumer credit deteriorates and more companies default.
1万亿美元听起来很多，但是，在美国信用卡消费持续下跌以及越来越多公司面临倒闭的形势下，需要的款额比1万亿要多得多。
There are sectors that appear particularly vulnerable, because they borrow a lot but have cyclical sales, such as leisure, media, restaurants, retail, consumer products and travel.
有的经济领域尤为脆弱，因为它们借得多而盈利是要一定周期的，比如休闲业、传媒、餐饮、零售、消费品、旅游业。
Social networking started as a consumer-driven technology, but the use of social media is now being embraced in a big way by businesses.
社交网络开始是作为一项由消费者驱动的技术，但现在社交媒体的使用已经在很大成大尚未商业所接受。
The IMF reckons that a 10% rise in oil prices knocks 0.2-0.3% off global GDP growth in the first year, but the impact on a big oil consumer like America is twice as large.
国际货币基金组织预计，10%的原油价格上升将会在第一年降低全球0.2% - 0.3%的GDP增长速度，但给像美国一样的石油消费大国将会是两倍的影响。
But in practice, all of these messages become muddled and overwhelming in the mind of the casual consumer who simply sees tea as a commodity product.
但是在实际操作中对于那些仍然只是把茶叶当成普通商品的“懒”茶客来说，这么多信息就显得闹哄哄乱七八糟的了。
But an embryonic plan to create a super-regulator for consumer products, such as mortgages, credit CARDS and mutual funds, is already encountering stiff opposition.
针对诸如贷款，信用卡和共同基金这样的消费者产品成立一个超级监管机构的计划还处在萌芽状态就已经遭到了强烈的抵制。
As a result, Asia will become a far more important source of consumer demand not only for products made in Asia, but also for exports from America and the EU.
结果时，亚洲将变成消费美国和欧盟出口产品的更重要的来源，而不仅仅是产品制造基地。
Consumer health groups hailed the move as a "win for moms and dads" but pressed for removing BPA from more products.
消费者健康中心对这项举措表示欢迎，称之为“爹地和妈咪的胜利”，他们迫切要求更多的产品不再使用BPA。
But, as a consumer, I would much prefer clicking a button to send my itinerary to one of the itinerary-management solutions than to furnish all of my supplier-website passwords to Traxo.
然而作为一个消费者，我更希望只需点击按钮便把可以把行程发送到行程管理软件上，而不需要向Traxo要求的那样提供我所有在供应商网站上的用户名和密码。
Such a definition would exclude the likes of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, which do not take consumer deposits but often describe themselves as investment banks.
这样的定义将会使高盛（Goldman Sachs）和摩根士丹利（Morgan Stanley）之类的金融机构排除在银行范畴之外，这些金融机构没有个人存款业务，但往往自称为投资银行。
But until now, no company has made it so easy to hack into a product as popular as the Kinect, the fastest-selling consumer-tech product of all time.
但是直到现在，没有公司像Kinect那样盛行，它让人们可以如此简单的做成一个产品，难怪一直是最热卖的科技消耗型产品。
But few experts believe the boom in consumer loans poses as big a threat to the region's financial health as over-lending to companies did before 1997.
但很少有专家认为，与1997年前向企业过度贷款相比，目前的消费贷款热将对该地区的金融状况构成同样严重的威胁。
The use of lead in glazes, particularly low-fired glazes such as raku, can be a hazard not only for the potter, but also the consumer or buyer of such wares.
在釉中特别是在低温烧制成的大乐一类的釉中使用铅，这非但对制陶工人，而且对这些制成品的消费者或购买者都构成隐患。
But advertisers have triggered a consumer backlash with such obnoxious techniques as pop-up ads and email spam.
但广告客户使用弹出窗口和垃圾邮件之类令人讨厌的技术，已激起消费者的对抗性反应。
But, as a result of credit CARDS hypothesized and the electron, compares with the traditional credit certificate and the means of payment, credit card's consumer is easier to receive the violation.
但是，由于信用卡的虚拟性和电子性，与传统的信用凭证和支付工具相比，信用卡的消费者更容易受到侵害。
But, as a rational consumer, they need to compare and calculate all the benefits and costs associate with what they want to do, and also make sure what they want to do is what they actually can do.
但作为一名理性的消费者，人们应该进行收益成本分析，同时应该确定他们想做的事也是他们实际能做的事。
The dream is to turn ideas into commerce. But would you, as a consumer, rather be wearing the clothes of an artist or a dressmaker?
不过，如果你作为一位消费者，是愿意穿艺术家做的衣服呢，还是裁缝做的衣服？
As a consumer, I feel like I am treated like God in the shops. But when can I feel the same way while in hospitals?
作为一个消费者，我感到我在商店受到了上帝般的待遇，但是什么时候我们能在医院享受到这种待遇呢？
As a big consumer and importer, the eurozone will benefit from the turndown in commodity prices, but economists warn Europe must avoid getting too much of this good thing.
作为一个消费和进口大户，欧元区将受益于大宗商品价格下跌，但经济学家警告称，欧洲不能高兴过了头。
As expected, Sony reported a net loss for the year ending March 31st, but forecast an even bigger loss this year as the slump in consumer demand hits sales of TVs and cameras.
不出所料，至3月31日为止的一年中，索尼出现净亏损。但是由于消费者需求锐减打击了电视和相机的销售，索尼预估今年将出现更大亏损。
It is hard to see who is getting the best value as a consumer, but in terms of energy consumption, it is easy to see who is doing best.
有趣的是，两个年轻人的消费行为不仅在观念上难分优劣，在能源损耗上也另有说法。
It is hard to see who is getting the best value as a consumer, but in terms of energy consumption, it is easy to see who is doing best.
有趣的是，两个年轻人的消费行为不仅在观念上难分优劣，在能源损耗上也另有说法。
应用推荐