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

• 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
• The final frontier in conspicuous consumption: space.
  炫耀性消费的最后阵地是太空。
• The latest to pop the champagne corks of conspicuous consumption is China.
  一名清洁工站在北京一家奢侈品商店的橱窗外，她身后是卡地亚手表的广告最新开启炫耀性消费香槟酒瓶塞的国度是中国。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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
• 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”。