
炫耀性消費;擺闊,揮霍
Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of repuability to the gentleman of leisure (Thorstein Veblen).
“對貴重物品引人注目的消費是享樂紳士們的聲譽” (托斯丁·韋布倫)。
Punendu Kumar at consulting firm Technopak says residents here were not known for conspicuous consumption in the past, but that is changing.
泰克諾帕克資訊公司的庫馬爾說,這裡的居民們炫耀性的消費過去不為人知,但現在情況改變了。
Robb Report is banking that its snob appeal will translate here, enabling it to attract wealthy readers still learning the finer points of conspicuous consumption.
《羅博報告》認定其追求奢侈生活方式的主題能在中國找到市場,吸引那些仍在學習奢華消費細節的有錢人。
Dont worry: Conspicuous consumption wont disappear.
不過不用擔心:炫耀性消費不會消失。
Given the propaganda wizardry of the Cultural Revolution there's no reason why we can't see the government educating the public on the environmental externalities of conspicuous consumption.
回想起文革時期宣傳魔力的強大,政府也完全有能力教育大衆認識到過度消費對外部環境帶來的影響。
However, the briefest of visits to China will turn up many examples of egregious conspicuous consumption, while many Westerners consider public flaunting of wealth to be in rather poor taste.
然而,對中國最簡短的訪問将翻掘出很多令人震驚的炫耀性消費的例子,而許多西方人認為公衆炫耀財富比較俗氣。
The conspicuous consumption is molding the subject of consumption from the sense of society and culture. And it finds a medium which integrates individual consumer into society identification.
炫耀性消費在社會和文化的意義上塑造了消費主體,并由此找到了使單個消費者整合到社會認同中的媒介。
Alcohol, as I described in a piece on China's love affair with wine, has become a prime tool for conspicuous consumption.
正如我在《 中國人和酒那點事》那篇文章中所描述的那樣,在中國,酒已經變成了用來炫耀性消費的最好工具。
The latest to pop the champagne corks of conspicuous consumption is China.
最新開啟炫耀性消費香槟酒瓶塞的國度是中國。
And China's middle-class now buys more cars than any other country's, while conspicuous consumption in huge cities such as Shanghai and Beijing is changing how many products are designed and marketed.
此外,中國中産階層購買的汽車數量要多于其它任何國家,與此同時,上海和北京等超大城市的炫耀性消費,也正在改變許多産品的設計與營銷方式。
Indeed, conspicuous consumption and waste are an important part of social display.
事實上,顯著的消費和浪費都是社會現實的一個重要組成部分。
They grouse about the conspicuous consumption of the nouveau riche and wonder where all that money is coming from.
他們對暴發戶大肆消費抱怨連連,并很想知道這些人的錢到底是哪裡來的。
This year Rolls-Royce will sell about 130 cars in California alone, driven by the Hollywood set's capacity for conspicuous consumption.
由于好萊塢式惹人注目的消費能力,僅在加州一地,今年勞斯萊斯的銷量就将高達130輛左右。
In an age of conspicuous consumption, the philosophy is also appealing to a growing middle class whose members often say they can finally afford to consider spiritual matters.
在一個充斥着炫耀性消費的時代,這種哲學也對常常聲稱終于能夠享受精神生活樂趣的廣大中産階級充滿誘惑。
Such excessive spending might not be a sign of conspicuous consumption but of addiction.
這類過度消費也許并不意味着揮霍,而是一種沉溺。
It's also true that when we have these things, we want to show them to other people. Is that always conspicuous consumption?
同樣地,當我們擁有這些,我們希望将它們展現給别人看。這一定就是炫耀型消費嗎?。
Some biologists go so far as to blame sexual selection for the conspicuous consumption that threatens humanity's future.
一些生物學家甚至走得更遠,他們把“顯眼的消費将毀滅人類的未來”歸為性選擇的罪過。
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“conspicuous consumption”(炫耀性消費)是一個社會學與經濟學交叉術語,指通過公開購買、使用奢侈品或高價商品來彰顯個人財富與社會地位的行為。該概念最早由美國經濟學家托爾斯坦·凡勃倫(Thorstein Veblen)在1899年著作《有閑階級論》中提出,用于描述19世紀末工業化社會中新興富裕階層通過非實用性消費确立身份的現象。
凡勃倫認為,炫耀性消費的本質是“金錢競賽”的體現。當社會生産力提升導緻基本需求滿足後,人們會通過消費超出實用價值的商品(如定制服裝、藝術品收藏)來傳遞經濟實力信號,從而獲得社會認可。例如,購買限量版奢侈品或駕駛豪華汽車,均屬于現代社會中典型的炫耀性消費行為。
這種行為具有雙重效應:
後續研究提出“凡勃倫效應”(Veblen Effect),即某些商品價格越高,其需求反而增加的現象。這與傳統供需理論相悖,印證了消費行為中的非理性心理動因。
conspicuous consumption(炫耀性消費)是一個社會學和經濟學領域的術語,其含義及背景可綜合以下要點解釋:
定義與起源
該概念由美國社會學家Thorstein Veblen 在1899年的著作《有閑階級理論》(The Theory of the Leisure Class)中首次提出。它指通過購買昂貴商品或服務來公開炫耀財富與社會地位的行為,核心目的是向他人展示經濟實力,而非滿足實際需求。
核心特征
現代演變與争議
盡管Veblen的理論誕生于19世紀末,但類似行為在當代依然存在,例如社交媒體上的“曬富”現象。不過,部分觀點認為過度炫耀性消費已逐漸被低調的“文化資本展示”(如知識、品味)取代。社會批評者則指出,這種行為可能加劇資源浪費和社會不平等。
中英文對照與用法
英文直譯為“顯眼的消費”,中文常譯為“炫耀性消費”或“擺闊性消費”。例句:Conspicuous consumption allows people to flaunt their wealth.(炫耀性消費使人們得以展示財富。)
如需進一步了解術語的學術讨論或曆史背景,可參考Veblen的原著或社會學相關研究。
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