conspicuous consumption
英 [kənˌspɪkjuəs kənˈsʌmpʃn]
美 [kənˌspɪkjuəs kənˈsʌmpʃn]
n. 夸耀性消费; 炫耀性购买
牛津词典
noun
- 夸耀性消费；炫耀性购买
the buying of expensive goods in order to impress people and show them how rich you are
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 炫耀性消费
Conspicuous consumptionmeans spending your money in such a way that other people can see how wealthy you are.- It was an age of conspicuous consumption — those who had money liked to display it.
那是一个炫耀性消费的年代——有钱人都喜欢炫富。
- It was an age of conspicuous consumption — those who had money liked to display it.
英英释义
noun
- buying expensive services and products in order to flaunt your wealth
双语例句
- It will be nowhere near the conspicuous consumption the West is enjoying now but it will be comfortable and sustainable.
它不可能类似于西方现在所享受的挥霍性消费，它是舒适的、并且是可持续的。 - The final frontier in conspicuous consumption: space.
炫耀性消费的最后阵地是太空。 - This is because the rich are getting richer everywhere, not just in Asia, and as they do so their capacity for conspicuous consumption of art is expanding.
原因在于，世界所有地方不仅仅是亚洲的富人都在变得更富，在此过程中，他们显著的艺术品消费能力也在不断扩大。 - In this paper, the author first presented a brief introduction to Veblen's thoughts on conspicuous consumption.
本文中，笔者对凡勃伦的炫耀性消费思想作了简略的探讨； - Because of these women, conspicuous consumption lost some of its status, just as high birth and high culture had previously.
由于这些女人的存在，炫耀消费失去了某些地位，正如早先的高贵出身和高雅文化一样。 - Conspicuous Consumption, Economic Development and Optimum Tax Policy; The government has put a prohibitive tax on foreign goods.
炫耀性消费、经济增长和最优税收政策政府对外国货征收抑制性税率。 - Since then, conspicuous consumption appears to have increased.
在那之后，（富人）的大肆挥霍日益明显。 - The latest to pop the champagne corks of conspicuous consumption is China.
一名清洁工站在北京一家奢侈品商店的橱窗外，她身后是卡地亚手表的广告最新开启炫耀性消费香槟酒瓶塞的国度是中国。 - Giving money to charity is thus more akin to conspicuous consumption than it is to blatant benevolence.
这样，向慈善机构捐款就更类似于一种挥霍而不是炫耀自己的善行。 - Empirical Study on Relationship between Self-concept Attribution and Conspicuous Consumption Behavior
自我概念归因与炫耀性消费行为关系的实证研究