The restructuring of the pattern of consumption also lagged behind.

消费结构的调整也落后了。

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The restructuring of the pattern of consumption in Britain also lagged behind.

在消费结构重组方面，英国也落后于人。

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In recent years, people's life quality improves, the pattern of consumption changes gradually.

近年来，人们的生活品质提高，消费方式逐渐改变。

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Even so, your correspondent would like to know more about his pattern of electricity consumption.

ECONOMIST: The much-talked-of smart grid prepares to enter the home

Note that all this counts only the so-called static gains from trade: the effects of a once-and-for-all shift in the pattern of production and consumption.

ECONOMIST: Profits over people

Consumers can interrogate this server from a PC or iPhone to see not only the consumption pattern of various appliances attached to smart plugs around the home, but also to send instructions back to switch them on or off.

ECONOMIST: The much-talked-of smart grid prepares to enter the home