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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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； - Such conspicuous consumption is already turning parts of Singapore into something of a high-end brand theme park for wealthy visitors, says Jim prior, chief executive of the partners, a branding consultancy.
品牌咨询公司thepartners首席执行官吉姆普赖尔（jimprior）表示，这些引人注目的消费已经将新加坡很多地区变成了供富裕游客享受的高端品牌主题乐园。 - 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。 - Conspicuous consumption will be frowned upon.
炫富消费将令人皱眉。 - This is because the rich are getting richer everywhere, not just in Asia, and as they do so their capacity for conspicuous consumption of art is expanding.
原因在于，世界所有地方不仅仅是亚洲的富人都在变得更富，在此过程中，他们显著的艺术品消费能力也在不断扩大。 - 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 - 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。 - 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。