英语长难句讲解第65句

Certainly people do not seem less interested in success and its signs now than formerly: summer homes, European travel, BMWs--the locations, place names and name brands may change, but such items do not seem less in demand today than a decade or two years ago. (2000T5 #24)

item: single thing, especially one thing in a list, group, or set of things

当然，现在的人们和以前一样的对成功及成功的标志物一样感兴趣：避暑别墅，欧洲旅游，宝马豪车，地点，地名和品牌可能会变化，但是这些东西和一或二十年以前一样被人们渴求。