To save their silver, the British began to pay for these luxuries with opium from India, and many Chinese were soon addicted.
为了节约银币，英国人开始用印度的鸦片来购买这些奢侈品，而许许多多的中国人很快就上瘾了。Swapping out the guts of a Rolex for a quartz movement might improve its accuracy a bit, but destroy the brand's luxury image.
把劳力士的表芯换成石英驱动的可能让它的准确度提高一点点，但毁掉了这个而品牌的奢侈品形象。Danger seems to lie around the corner of every luxury flagship.
危险似乎正逼近所有的奢侈品旗舰公司。Now he does like the rest; he must have a carriage and a posting-chaise, he must have luxuries, like the bishops of the olden days.
现在却和其他人一样了，他非坐轿车和邮车不行了，他非享受从前那些主教所享受的奢侈品不可了。Asia excluding Japan is one of the few regions to have continued to grow during the recession for luxury goods companies.
对于奢侈品公司而言，不包括日本在内的亚洲，是在经济衰退期间继续持续增长的少数地区之一。She predicts that the industry will see solid growth rates of up to 10% a year in the near term.
她预计奢侈品业可以保持每年10%的稳定增长率，也就是说，在十年内可以翻番。Once the luxury market stabilized, confidence seems to have spread, "in the media, at work, with your friends, " he said.
一旦奢侈品消费市场稳定下来了，信心就会传播，“在媒体上，工作中，以及朋友之间。”乔尔补充到。Unlike most of its European competitors, the company has an undiluted exposure to the top end of luxury.
与多数欧洲竞争对手不同，该公司纯粹面向最高端奢侈品市场。And the mother, who had a great belief in herself, did not succeed any better, and her tastes were just as expensive.
一向自信满满的母亲，也不好到哪里去，她在奢侈品上的花费一如这位父亲。