the buying and using of goods and services; the belief that it is good for a society or an individual person to buy and use a large quantity of goods and services 消費;消費主義(認爲高消費對社會和個人有利) She was appalled by the greed and rampant consumerism she saw in modern society. 她被她在現代社會看到的貪婪和猖獗的消費主義嚇壞了。 green consumerism (= the buying of products that are not harmful to the environment) 綠色消費主義