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。
• The final frontier in conspicuous consumption: space.
  炫耀性消费的最后阵地是太空。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• Conspicuous consumption will be frowned upon.
  炫富消费将令人皱眉。
• Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.
  引人注目地挥霍贵重财物是有闲绅士取得名声的手段。
• The Robb Report, a monthly bible of conspicuous consumption, recently published its'21 Ultimate Gifts'in time for the holidays.
  跟踪炫耀性消费的月刊《罗博报告》（RobbReport）最近公布了今年假日期间的“21件终极大礼”。
• 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。
• An Empirical Study of the Effects of Vanity and Money Attitudes on College Students 'Propensity to Conspicuous Consumption
  虚荣特性、金钱态度对大学生炫耀性消费倾向影响的实证研究