how should I understand the last part of this sentence, especially the last word?
Though their salaries are above average even in Shanghai—which had China’s third-highest annual urban disposable income per person in 2012 at 40,000 yuan—the cost of appearing successful is stratospheric.
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stratospheric is an adjective from the word stratosphere. The stratosphere is one of the upper layers of the Earth's atmosphere. It is very high above us.
So stratospheric conveys the meaning of "really high". This word came into use in the 1950's and 1960's with the space race and supersonic aircraft.
So the cost of appearing successful is really high.
This whole text is saying that even though the people appear to be earning high incomes, they have to spend a lot of income to appear successful.
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The last part of the sentence tells that the chinese people earns an average ammount of 40000 yuan a year in 2012. The last part of the sentence mention 'stratospheric' that is one of the athmospheres layer. In this context, as most people earn a lot of money they should be doing space trips soon. Are you going to do that kind of trip too?
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