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
- 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 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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；