In a time of rising expectations, people are often unhappy because they have higher expectations about what they need.

在一个期望不断上升的时期，人们经常是不快乐，是因为他们的期望值太高了。

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They can be duped for as long as inflation stays one step ahead of their rising expectations of what it will be.

只有在他们意识到物价上涨之前才能欺骗他们。

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Unlike their parents, this generation is coming of age in an era of exploding wealth and rising expectations for material success.

与他们的父母不同，这代人成长于一个财富暴增的时代，他们对物质成功的期望也是与日俱增。

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How,one asks,will the government satisfy the energy demands resulting from the rising expectations of its 1.3 billion, consumer-hungry people?

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And,government officials and factory bosses, especially those who run international companies, have to address these rising expectations.

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Call it a curse of rising expectations created by earlier, substantial guidance hikes.

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Does doom and foreboding enter our minds and hearts when we know our performance will not meet rising expectations?

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Economic growth has to be kept high enough to accommodate all those new workers and to meet their rising expectations.

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