[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]实利主义的;物质至上主义的 If you describe a person or society as materialistic, you are critical of them because they attach too much importance to money and material possessions.
[disapproval]
During the 1980s Britain became a very materialistic society.
20世纪80年代期间,英国变成一个物质至上的社会。
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ma·teri·al·is·tic/məˌtɪəriəˈlɪstɪk; NAmEməˌtɪriəˈlɪstɪk/adjective( disapproving) caring more about money and possessions than anything else 物质享乐主义的;贪图享乐的ma·teri·al·is·tic/məˌtɪəriəˈlɪstɪk; NAmEməˌtɪriəˈlɪstɪk/
concerned only with money and possessions rather than things of the mind such as art, religion, or moral beliefs – used to show disapproval: He’s so materialistic. the materialistic values of American society—materialistically /-kli/ adverb
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