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 final frontier in conspicuous consumption: space.
  炫耀性消费的最后阵地是太空。
• This tendency towards conspicuous consumption also extends well beyond the ranks of the wealthy.
  此外，这种炫耀性消费的倾向并不只是富人才有。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• Since then, conspicuous consumption appears to have increased.
  在那之后，（富人）的大肆挥霍日益明显。
• 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。
• 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