Every few months you can spot a taller skyscraper, a swankier hotel, glossier shops and restaurants, new roads-and more traffic.

每过几个月就会出现更高的摩天大厦，更奢华的酒店，更光彩夺目的商店和饭店，更多的公路- - -和更多的交通。

Why not go out to a "swankier" restaurant than usual (it doesn't have to be much more expensive), or just get dressed up in your party clofor a special meal for two at home?

去家平常高档一点的餐厅，或者在家吃饭的时候，偶尔穿上你去派对时候的礼服。

Why not go out to a “swankier” restaurant than usual (it doesn’t have to be much more expensive)， or just get dressed up in your party clothes for a special meal for two at home?

去家平常高档一点的餐厅(也不需要贵很多)，或者在家吃饭的时候，偶尔穿上你去派对时候的礼服。

Although many other big firms resisted the temptation to over-borrow, developers gorged on cheap debt and built bigger and swankier hotels as if the whole world were planning a holiday in Las Vegas.

尽管其它许多公司经受住了诱惑，没有大举借贷，但房产开发商们大肆借贷，建造时髦的高楼大厦，就好象全世界都准备在拉斯维加斯度假一样。