Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.

  • -- Thorstein Veblen 凡勃伦

炫耀性地消费名贵商品,是绅士们休闲的一种手段。

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I've never heard my dad say a bad word about anybody. He always keeps his emotions in check and is a true gentleman. I was taught that losing it was indulgent, a selfish act.

我从来没听我爸爸说过任何人的坏话。他总是控制自己的情绪,是个真正的绅士。我被教导说,失去它是一种放纵,一种自私的行为。

In the western part of England lived a gentleman of large fortune, whose name was Merton.

在英格兰西部住着一位富有的绅士,他的名字叫默顿。