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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• buying expensive services and products in order to flaunt your wealth

双语例句

• The power of photography as a world language will enrich the lives of the Chinese middle class, which increasingly looks to foreign travel and museum visits as more viable options than conspicuous consumption.
  作为一种世界语言，摄影的力量将会充实中国中产阶级的生活，他们渐渐觉得，出国旅游和参观博物馆是比炫耀性消费更可取的选择。
• Three Dimensional Motivation Structures on Conspicuous Consumption& Based on the One-child Generation of Consumers 'Explorative Study
  炫耀性消费的三维动机结构&基于独生代消费者的探索性研究
• 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。
• We must avoid overindulgence and conspicuous consumption.
  我们必须避免过分放纵和铺张浪费。
• 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。
• 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。
• Exploratory study on Chinese only-child generation's motives of conspicuous consumption
  中国独生代消费者炫耀性消费动机的实证分析
• 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。
• Indeed, conspicuous consumption and waste are an important part of social display.
  事实上，显著的消费和浪费都是社会现实的一个重要组成部分。
• 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