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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The final frontier in conspicuous consumption: space.
炫耀性消费的最后阵地是太空。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。