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
- The final frontier in conspicuous consumption: space.
炫耀性消费的最后阵地是太空。 - An Empirical Study of the Effects of Vanity and Money Attitudes on College Students 'Propensity to Conspicuous Consumption
虚荣特性、金钱态度对大学生炫耀性消费倾向影响的实证研究 - Conspicuous consumption will be frowned upon.
炫富消费将令人皱眉。 - MS Davies highlighted the growth of conspicuous consumption in China.
戴维斯强调了中国炫富消费的增长。 - The legitimate qualms articulated above too easily become rationalizations for conspicuous consumption.
上面谈到的合乎情理的疑虑非常容易变为高消费的理由。 - Face Consciousness, Status Consumption Tendency and Conspicuous Consumption Behavior& Theoretical Relationship Model and Empirical Research
面子意识、地位消费倾向与炫耀性消费行为&理论关系模型及实证检验 - Migrant workers go door to door like rag men, buying up the cast-offs of Shanghai's conspicuous consumption, designer water bottles and flat screen television boxes which would otherwise clog up the city's landfills.
民工们像废品回收商一样，逐门逐户地收购上海炫耀性消费的废弃物、高级矿泉水的瓶子和平板电视的包装箱&如果没有他们，这些废弃物将堆满上海的垃圾填埋场。 - We must avoid overindulgence and conspicuous consumption.
我们必须避免过分放纵和铺张浪费。 - 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； - Punendu Kumar at consulting firm Technopak says residents here were not known for conspicuous consumption in the past, but that is changing.
泰克诺帕克资讯公司的库马尔说，这里的居民们炫耀性的消费过去不为人知，但现在情况改变了。