conspicuous consumption

1. N-UNCOUNT Conspicuous consumption means spending your money in such a way that other people can see how wealthy you are. 炫耀性消費(fèi)

It was an age of conspicuous consumption – those who had money liked to display it. 那是一個(gè)炫耀性消費(fèi)的時(shí)代—有錢人喜歡擺闊。