Rocketing refers to spending a great deal of money on a few important items while spending only an average amount or less on everything else.

“火箭式消費(fèi)”指的是在幾件重要的東西上花費(fèi)許多錢，而在其他東西上花費(fèi)不多或很少。

Some people will spend lots of money on a few items they really care about, such as their iPhones or their SLR cameras, and then they will go downmarket to Wal-Mart to buy most of the other stuff they don’t care about. Rocketing is occurring at every income level.

有些人會在他們非常在乎的幾樣?xùn)|西上花費(fèi)重金，比如蘋果手機(jī)或單反相機(jī)，而其他無所謂的大部分東西則選擇去沃爾瑪這種低檔平價(jià)市場上購買。各個(gè)收入階層都存在火箭式消費(fèi)模式。

（中國日報(bào)網(wǎng)英語點(diǎn)津 陳丹妮）