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单词 consumer society
释义
consumer society
noun[C]
uk
/kənˈsjuː.mə səˌsaɪ.ə.ti/us
/kənˈsuː.mɚ səˌsaɪ.ə.t̬i/
asocietyin whichpeopleoftenbuynewgoods,especiallygoodsthat they do not need, and in which a highvalueisplacedonowningmany things
消费社会
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(Definition ofconsumer societyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • Organic farming was a way of protecting the local environment, but also of freeing human beings from the “rat race” of modern consumer society.

consumer society| Business English

consumer society
noun[C]
uk
us
ECONOMICS
asocietyin whichpeopleoftenbuynewgoods, and thatplacesa highvalueonowningthings:
In aconsumersociety, there may be nobettermeasureof howpeoplefeelthan what theybuy.
Warhol'spopartstylewasintendedto make acommenton theconsumersocietyof the 1960s.
(Definition ofconsumer societyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconsumer society

consumer society
He has fun with pensions' advertisements and has useful vignettes of the inequalities ofconsumersociety.
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Unexpectedly, architectural autonomy, instead of providing resistance toconsumersociety, brought about the commodification of architecture.
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But theconsumersocietyboom gave rise to a growing uneasiness typical of the third period which culminated with the crisis of 1974-6.
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Thus, 'consumersociety' and the ' work society ' both reinforce and create negative language and images of later life.
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Each person is unique, but aconsumersocietytries to make us the same, like a manufacturer.
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What is new after 1750 is the increasing importance of the process, part of the rise of "consumersociety" and the commercialization of leisure.
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She reveals the entrapment of children in aconsumersociety, which leaves them relatively powerless, and in thrall to the illusion of choice and the orchestration of desire.
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In other words, in a postmodernconsumersociety, they are vested only in their own improvement as individuals, not in the general well-being of a community.
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It does not even matter whether the discomfort predicated by want is real or concocted by aconsumersocietythat promotes the idea of inadequacy to sell more product.
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It will be interesting, therefore, to see what has changed and what remains unaltered with respect to workings of the stem-family household in a present-day affluentconsumersociety.
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However, the author does his best to avoid a grand narrative of modernization, especially one that views the eighteenth century as central- the "rise ofconsumersociety" and all that.
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A generation of architects sharing this bleak conclusion distanced themselves from any social pretension and embraced architectural autonomy as a means of resistingconsumersocietyrather than transforming it.
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The body inconsumersociety.
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I stand here as a defender of theconsumersociety.
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We live in aconsumersociety, and that is the answer.
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