sticker shock

基本解释

And dealnews.com predicts the sticker shock won’t end there, listing everything from stamps to chocolate to car insurance on its round-up of goods and services that will cost more to buy in 2011.
预测价格震荡不会止于此，该网站罗列了从邮票巧克力到汽车保险一些列商品广告的摘要，预测它们在2011年将会涨价。
Having become used to (nominal) rates of 4-6% in recent years, savers may initially suffer from “sticker shock” if rates fall to 1% or so, as they already have in America and may well do in Europe.
对于渐渐习惯了近年来（名义）利率在4%-6%左右的储户而言，他们在见到利率跌至1%时，可能会感到阵阵的 “贴纸休克”（注7）。
I know I’ll always need gas in my vehicle. So instead of putting in $25 here and $25 there, I top off my tank every time I’m at the station regardless of the sticker shock.
比方说我知道我的车总是需要油的，所以每次在加油站我都会给我的车加满油，不管这消费有多么惊人，我绝不会一次又一次25块地加。

This is why there's sort of--often sort of a sticker shock when people go to a university psychology department where they say, "Look. Hey. Where is--So I'm in Psych... How could I take classes on Freud?
这也就是为何,当人们进入大学的心理学系时,会出现“贴纸休克“现象的原因了,他们会问，“对不起，麻烦问一下。,我要怎样才能报上讲弗洛伊德的课程？
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Still, the Tennysons, who moved to New York from Los Angeles, have sticker shock.
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Sticker shock of these outright costs must make you wonder if any retiree can truly afford to maintain these luxuries.
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Sticker shock is the shock you feel when you find out how expensive something is.