高价

OPEC surely heeds the lesson of U.S. natural gas, where high prices led to the development of shale gas, causing prices to tank.

石油输出国家组织肯定的留意到美国天然气的行为，天然气的高价引起页岩气的发展，导致了价格上涨。

The authors of this book are admen, professional hucksters.

不过说来，很多广告公司出的书籍，都是充满了吹捧和自恋，对于做营销的人的确收获不大，因为广告公司的所谓品牌理论，听起来蛮象回事——好象奥美的360度品牌管理，无非是楼下的减肥所挂出了&纤体&招牌，换个名称讨你欢心而已；又好象是一个导游把你引到窗边，指给你看窗外的景色，夸口说都是这个窗框的功劳，然后想把窗框高价卖给你。

Most were indistinguishable, badge-engineered nonentities. As the appeal of its products sank, so did the prices GM could ask.

而收到的有关汽车质量不断下降的用户投诉，令通用无法采用高价战略。

In 1922, State Farm was formed by George Mecherle, a farmer from Merna, Illinois, who aimed to take advantage of the pricing umbrella maintained by the high-cost giants of the industry. State Farm employed a "captive" agency force, a system keeping its acquisition costs lower than those incurred by the bureau insurers (whose "independent" agents successfully played off one company against another). With its low-cost structure, State Farm eventually captured about 25% of the personal lines business, far outdistancing its once-mighty competitors. Allstate, formed in 1931, put a similar distribution system into place and soon became the runner-up in personal lines to State Farm. Capitalism had worked its magic, and these low-cost operations looked unstoppable.

1922年州农保险由伊利诺州Merna的农夫George Mecherle所创立，目标锁定在打破业界掮客所树立的高价保护伞，州农雇用专属中介人员，这套系统让州农取得保单的成本远低于一般保险同业，其独立业务代表接二连三成功地搞倒其它业者，拜其低成本结构所赐，州农最终拮取25%的个人业务大饼，含车险及住宅险在内，远远超越昔日强大的竞争对手，而创立于1931年的Allstate也仿效设立类似的行销通路，并一举跃居第二，仅次于州农，资本主义再度发挥神奇的效用，而这种低成本的营运确已势不可挡。

In 1922, State Farm was formed by George Mecherle, a farmer from Merna, Illinois, who aimed to take advantage of the pricing umbrella maintained by the high-cost giants of the industry. State Farm employed a "captive" agency force, a system keeping its acquisition costs lower than those incurred by the bureau insurers (whose "independent" agents successfully played off one company against another). With its low-cost structure, State Farm eventually captured about 25% of the personal lines business, far outdistancing its once-mighty competitors. Allstate, formed in 1931, put a similar distribution system into place and soon became the runner-up in personal lines to State Farm. Capitalism had worked its magic, and these low-cost operations looked unstoppable.

1922年州农保险由伊利诺州Merna的农夫George Mecherle所创立，目标锁定在打破业界掮客所树立的高价保护伞，州农雇用专属仲介人员，这套系统让州农取得保单的成本远低于一般保险同业，其独立业务代表接二连三成功地搞倒其它业者，拜其低成本结构所赐，州农最终拮取25%的个人业务大饼，含车险及住宅险在内，远远超越昔日强大的竞争对手，而创立于1931年的Allstate也仿效设立类似的行销通路，并一举跃居第二，仅次于州农，资本主义再度发挥神奇的效用，而这种低成本的营运确已势不可挡。

In San Francisco, prices are still rising even as frenzied overbidding quiets.

在旧金山，高价抢购现象虽然销声匿迹了，可价格依旧看涨。

That grocer always overcharges.

那个杂货商总是要高价。

After just a few days on the job, I began noticing that the other fellows were overcharging passengers.

在工作几天后，我开始注意到其他的伙伴在高价揽客。

It is too expensive. You are overcharging!2 It is too expensive. You are charging too much!

而这句话的&宰人&是夸张说法，指&索高价，多收钱&。

Or rather, it will be crippled by inadequate capital unless the federal government hugely overpays for the assets it buys, giving financial firms — and their stockholders and executives — a giant windfall at taxpayer expense.

或者更确切地说，金融机构将受困于资本金不足，除非联邦政府以高于其价值的高价购买那些资产---花纳税人的钱，给金融机构及其股东和管理层一笔暴利。

I am accused of being overreligious," she said in her quiet, frank manner,"but that does not prevent me thinking the children very cruel who obstinately commit such suicide.""

客人们在卡罗利娜·埃凯家里，举止就文雅一些，因为卡罗利娜的母亲治家很严厉。

Designed by French fashion house Herm è s, this elegant uniform was manufactured in our home, Hong Kong, and was the first without a hat.

由著名品牌 Herm è s 设计，这件高贵的制服是香港本土制造，是我们第一套不配帽子的制服。