"Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of repuability to the gentleman of leisure" (Thorstein Veblen).

“对贵重物品引人注目的消费是享乐绅士们的声誉” （托斯丁·韦布伦）。

Punendu Kumar at consulting firm Technopak says residents here were not known for conspicuous consumption in the past, but that is changing.

泰克诺帕克资讯公司的库马尔说，这里的居民们炫耀性的消费过去不为人知，但现在情况改变了。

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.

《罗博报告》认定其追求奢侈生活方式的主题能在中国找到市场，吸引那些仍在学习奢华消费细节的有钱人。

Dont worry: Conspicuous consumption wont disappear.

不过不用担心：炫耀性消费不会消失。

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.

回想起文革时期宣传魔力的强大，政府也完全有能力教育大众认识到过度消费对外部环境带来的影响。

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，对中国最简短的访问将翻掘出很多令人震惊的炫耀性消费的例子，而许多西方人认为公众炫耀财富比较俗气。

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.

炫耀性消费在社会和文化的意义上塑造了消费主体，并由此找到了使单个消费者整合到社会认同中的媒介。

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《 中国人和酒那点事》那篇文章中所描述的那样，在中国，酒已经变成了用来炫耀性消费的最好工具。

The latest to pop the champagne corks of conspicuous consumption is China.

最新开启炫耀性消费香槟酒瓶塞的国度是中国。

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，中国中产阶层购买的汽车数量要多于其它任何国家，与此同时，上海和北京等超大城市的炫耀性消费，也正在改变许多产品的设计与营销方式。

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。

They grouse about the conspicuous consumption of the nouveau riche and wonder where all that money is coming from.

他们对暴发户大肆消费抱怨连连，并很想知道这些人的钱到底是哪里来的。

This year Rolls-Royce will sell about 130 cars in California alone, driven by the Hollywood set's capacity for conspicuous consumption.

由于好莱坞式惹人注目的消费能力，仅在加州一地，今年劳斯莱斯的销量就将高达130辆左右。

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.

在一个充斥着炫耀性消费的时代，这种哲学也对常常声称终于能够享受精神生活乐趣的广大中产阶级充满诱惑。

Such excessive spending might not be a sign of conspicuous consumption but of addiction.

这类过度消费也许并不意味着挥霍，而是一种沉溺。

It's also true that when we have these things, we want to show them to other people. Is that always conspicuous consumption?

同样地，当我们拥有这些，我们希望将它们展现给别人看。这一定就是炫耀型消费吗?。

Some biologists go so far as to blame sexual selection for the conspicuous consumption that threatens humanity's future.

一些生物学家甚至走得更远，他们把“显眼的消费将毁灭人类的未来”归为性选择的罪过。