Our products succeed when they become part of daily or weekly patterns,” said Carol Berning, a consumer psychologist who recently retired from Procter & Gamble, the company that sold $76 billion of Tide, Crest and other products last year.
消费者心理学家卡罗尔·伯宁（Carol Berning）说，她最近从宝洁公司（Procter & Gamble）退休，该公司去年销售了760亿美元的汰渍（Tide）、高露洁（Crest）等产品，"我们的产品只有在成为日常或每周习惯的一部分时才能取得成功。"
13 electronic payments arc immediate, they eliminate the float for the consumer.
13 电子支付是即时的，它们消除了消费者方面的资金浮动。
If we know we will overreact to consumer products or housing options when we see a happy face (one reason good sales representatives and real estate agents are always smiling), we can take a moment before buying.
如果我们知道在看到一张笑脸时，会对消费品或住房选择产生过度反应（这也是为什么优秀的销售人员和房地产经纪人总是面带微笑的原因之一），那么在购买之前我们可以稍作停顿。
From career to community and family, these contrasts suggest that in the aftermath of the searing Great Recession, those just starting out in life are defining priorities and expectations that will increasingly spread through virtually all aspects of American life, from consumer preferences to housing patterns to politics.
从职业到社区和家庭，这些对比表明，在2008年严重经济衰退的冲击之后，刚刚起步的年轻人正在重新定义优先事项和期望，这些观念将日益渗透到美国生活的方方面面，从消费偏好到住房模式再到政治领域。
Grade inflation - the gradual increase in average GPAs (grade-point averages) over the past few decades - is often considered a product of a consumer era in higher education, in which students are treated like customers to be pleased.
成绩膨胀——过去几十年平均绩点（GPA）的逐渐上升——通常被认为是高等教育消费时代的一种产物，在这个时代里，学生被视为需要取悦的客户。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。