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
- Since then, conspicuous consumption appears to have increased.
在那之后，（富人）的大肆挥霍日益明显。 - 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。 - 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。 - The Singles 'Day holiday, when unattached adults buy gifts for themselves, was created by students in 1993, but Alibaba has turned it into a festival of conspicuous consumption that has surpassed world shopping records.
光棍节是单身成年人为自己购买礼物的节日，原本由学生群体在1993年创建，但阿里巴巴已将它转变成一个炫耀性消费节日，创下了购物的世界纪录。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The final frontier in conspicuous consumption: space.
炫耀性消费的最后阵地是太空。 - 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。