conspicuous consumption

短语

n. 炫耀性消费, 挥霍; 摆阔性消费

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A public display of acquisition of possessions with the intention of gaining social prestige; excessive consumerism in order to flaunt one's purchasing power.

    炫耀性消费

    不可数

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

use consumption usance

词源

Coined by American economist and sociologist Thorstein Veblen in 1899.

来源：wiktionary