Not all employers are that shallow—but it’s no secret we are a culture consumed by image.

并不是所有的老板都是那么肤浅的，但我们处于一个靠形象消费的文化中，这已不是秘密了。

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Their results are illustrated in this image, which shows the change in the amount of carbon consumed by plants between 2000 and 2009.

上图是根据检测结果绘制的图表，该图表显示了在2000年至2009年间，植物生长所耗费碳值的变化情况。

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The popular image of John is of a classically bad king: a scheming, untrustworthy coward consumed by greed, whose rapaciousness drove his subjects to impose their will upon him.

而约翰在人们心目中的普遍形象就是一个昏君：诡计多端， 利令智昏的懦夫，其贪心之甚终导致群起而攻之。

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Sometimes, the men and women who are the advertisements for that brand can become consumed by the image and evolve into a pastiche of it.

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With the film industry consumed by animated superheroes and the promise of 3-d fortunes, cable television has shed its ugly stepsister image to become the desired locale for movie stars and screenwriters alike.

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