consumerism
consumerism 英 [kənˈsju:mərɪzəm] 美 [kənˈsumərɪzəm]
n. 消费主义；用户至上主义
名词复数:consumerisms
- The noun consumerism refers to the theory that spending money and consuming goods is good for the economy. Opponents of consumerism suggest simple living is a more sustainable lifestyle and better for the environment.
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- n. 消费主义；用户至上主义
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1. consumerist values
消费主义的价值观
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2. consumerism age
消费主义时代
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3. American shopping malls and supermarkets are palaces of consumerism.
美国的商场是消费主义的地盘。
- consumerism (n.) 1922, "protection of the consumer's interest," from consumer + -ism. It also was used mid-20c. as an alternative to capitalism to describe the Western consumer-driven economic system as a contrast to state-centered Soviet communism. By 1960 it had shaded into "encouragement of consumption as an economic policy." Related: Consumerist (1965, n.; 1969, adj.).
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