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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• Conspicuous consumption will be frowned upon.
  炫富消费将令人皱眉。
• It will be nowhere near the conspicuous consumption the West is enjoying now but it will be comfortable and sustainable.
  它不可能类似于西方现在所享受的挥霍性消费，它是舒适的、并且是可持续的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。