The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods.
在任何高度组织化的工业社会中，良好的声誉最终建立在经济实力的基础上;休闲和炫耀性的商品消费是显示经济实力、获得或保持好名声的手段。
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