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时代—有钱人喜欢摆阔。
This is because the rich are getting richer everywhere, not just in Asia, and as they do so their capacity for conspicuous consumption of art is expanding.
原因在于，世界所有地方——不仅仅是亚洲——的富人都在变得更富，在此过程中，他们显著的艺术品消费能力也在不断扩大。
But for most of the country's elite the most conspicuous item of consumption is sending their children to university in America.
但是对该国大多数精英而言，最引人注意的消费项目是送孩子到美国读大学。
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。
But it is not only wealthy buyers who are pursuing the conspicuous consumption that accompanies every financial bubble.
但伴随着每次金融泡沫大举消费的，并不只是富裕的买家。
China's culture of conspicuous consumption and its big luxury market make the country an ideal place to 'generate new ideas and new concepts,' Mr. Boulay said.
布雷说，中国的炫耀性消费文化和庞大的豪华汽车市场是这里成为产生新想法和新概念的理想之地。
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。
Asians have long had a penchant for luxury and conspicuous consumption.
长期以来，亚洲人一直对奢侈品和炫富消费情有独钟。
THE Japanese used to be to conspicuous consumption what the Chinese are to raw materials.
日本人对于消费一直以来都如同中国人对于原材料般有明显的铺张情节。
As inequality grows again in rich countries, some of the very rich worry about consumption that is so conspicuous to the masses that it provokes them to try to take their wealth away.
随着不平等现象在发达国家日益明显，一些富豪担心这么张扬的消费会招致大众的嫉妒，想方设法抢走他们的财富。
The final frontier in conspicuous consumption: space.
炫耀性消费的最后阵地是太空。
It appears, for instance, to be a by-product of conspicuous consumption.
比如说，它是炫耀性消费的副产品。
Don't worry: Conspicuous consumption won't disappear.
不过不用担心：炫耀性消费不会消失。
Attitudes to conspicuous consumption are changing.
人们对于炫耀性消费的看法正在改变。
Conspicuous consumption is out.
那种炫耀性的消费早已过时了。
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》(Robb Report)最近公布了今年假日期间的“21件终极大礼”。
In America, at least, says Marian Salzman, a leading trendspotter, the focus of conspicuous consumption is increasingly on getting your children into the best schools and universities.
潮流领头人MarianSalzman说，在美国，日益明显的炫耀性消费体现在：将小孩送到最好的学校接受教育。
We must avoid overindulgence and conspicuous consumption.
我们必须避免过分放纵和铺张浪费。
Initially it was a form of showing off or conspicuous consumption.
最初，这是一种炫耀性的消费形式。
And conspicuous consumption，spending money to impress one's neighbors or competitors(whether or not one can afford it)，has a long history in Russia too.
而高消费，花钱以弦耀于邻里或竞争对手面前(不管自己是不是付得起)，在俄罗斯也是有着久远历史的。
As well as traditional conspicuous consumption and "self-treating", Ledbury Research identifies two other motives that are driving buying by the rich: connoisseurship and being an "early adopter".
同样，还有传统炫耀性消费和“自我娱乐”，Ledbury研究所确立了富人消费的两个动机：显示鉴赏力及成为“最先尝试者”(Early - Adopter)。
In India, too, some consumption is conspicuous.
在印度，某些消费也是如此挥霍。
Such excessive spending might not be a sign of 5)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 has been ten years since it was set up and it has a bad effect on consumption structure, controlling the conspicuous consumption, leading the correct consumption and increasing financial revenue.
其实行至今已十年有余，在调节消费结构、抑制超前消费、正确引导消费方向和增加财政收入等方面发挥了积极作用。
Conspicuous consumption is making a comeback on Wall Street. But no one wants to admit they are doing it.
炫耀性消费正在华尔街卷土重来。但没人愿意承认他们正在这么做。
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？
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。
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。
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