If the people on the installment plan lost their jobs, they would probably not be able to make their payments.

如果购物者失业，也就失去了支付货款的能力。

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Revised: You don't know what your true character is until you have run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan and raised an adolescent.

只有当汽车没油、分期付款购物和抚养青春期的孩子时，人的本来品性才会显露出来。

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The goods bought on the installment plan are, in almost every case, goods that will last radios, televisions sets, washing machines, refrigerators, motor-cars, motorcycles, and furniture.

用分期付款购买的商品几乎都是耐用品——收音机、电视机、洗衣机、电冰箱、汽车、摩托车和家具等。

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The late Harry Winston, the jeweler to the stars, even gave the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institution on the installment plan.

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