These habits have helped companies earn billions of dollars when customers eat snacks or wipe counters almost without thinking, often in response to a carefully designed set of daily cues.
这些习惯帮助公司在顾客几乎不假思索地吃零食或擦拭台面时赚取了数十亿美元，而这些行为通常是对精心设计的一系列日常提示的反应。
The only American public-sector workers who earn well above $250,000 a year are university sports coaches and the president of the United States.
唯一年薪超过25万美元的美国公共部门员工是大学体育教练和美国总统。
Third, the use of paper checks gives consumers several days of “float” – it takes several days 11 a check is cashed and funds are 12 from the issuer’s account, which means that the writer of the check can earn interest on the funds in the meantime.
第三，使用纸质支票为消费者提供了几天的“浮存”时间——支票被兑现且资金从发行者账户中扣除需要几天时间11，这意味着支票的撰写者可以在期间内对这笔资金赚取利息。
In the past, workers with average skills, doing an average job, could earn an average lifestyle.
过去，拥有普通技能的工人，做着普通的工作，可以获得普通的生活方式。
Being average just won’t earn you what it used to.
做个普通的人已经无法赚到以前那样的收入了。
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。