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
- 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； - 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。 - 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 - 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 - 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。 - 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 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。