Isn't it a bit weird that spending it should happen in half a blink ( ' , 眨眼 ) of an eye? Doesn't a wallet—that time-honoured Friday-night feeling of pleasing, promising fatness—represent something that matters? But I'll leave the economics to the experts.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文
Isn't it a bit weird that spending it should happen in half a blink of an eye?
2015年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
英语六级真题
Since luxury is a function of scarcity, the children of tomorrow will long for nothing more than intervals of freedom from all the blinking machines, streaming videos and scrolling headlines that leave them feeling empty and too full all at once.
出自-2012年12月阅读原文
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
VERB
眨(眼)
When you blink or when you blink your eyes, you shut your eyes and very quickly open them again.