有关地位商品以及一般性的时尚和品牌的价值是它们的相对吸引力。
The point about positional goods—and of fashion and brands in general—is their relative attractiveness.
在经济学里有种概念被称为地位商品，他只有在持有人手中才能彰显其价值因为其他人无法拥有。
There"s an economic concept known as a Positional Good in which an object is only valued by the possessor because its not possessed by others."
一旦食可果腹，居有定所，人们就想要更高层次的东西。这就是19世纪五六十年代在该报工作的经济学家Fred Hirsch所谓的“地位商品”。
Once they have filled their bellies and put a roof over their heads, people want more of what Fred Hirsch, an economist who worked on this newspaper in the 1950s and 1960s, called “positional goods”.
这项协议给予这家公司向东欧输出商品的特殊地位。
The deal will put the company in a unique position to export goods to Eastern Europe.
因此人们不再是简单的选择商品，而是下意识的认为在挑选生活伴侣和有力的新群体，这样，人们可以买到达到更高群体地位的途径。
So instead of simply choosing between products, subconsciously we think we are picking life partners and powerful new tribes, and that we can buy our way into higher group status.
所谓的“地位性商品”都是限量供应的，在别人得不到的情况下才是一种享受。
These "positional goods", as they are called, are in fixed supply: you can enjoy them only if others do not.
但存储芯片却是反映行业业绩的领先指标，因为作为广泛使用的产品，它们的地位类似大宗商品。
But they are a leading indicator of industry performance because of their commodity-like status as widely used products that are hard to differentiate.
上月中国表示，希望最终看到美元的主要全球储备货币地位，被一篮子重要的货币和大宗商品取代。
Last month, China said it hoped eventually to see the US dollar replaced as the main global reserve currency by a basket of significant currencies and commodities.
对于大多数人来说，美元在商贸、商品定价及官方储备中所占据的主导地位也不合理。
To many people the supremacy of the greenback in commerce, commodity pricing and official reserves cannot be sensible.
觉得某种好处是别人应得的，那么产生的是良性的嫉妒(或称羡慕)，这会促使人们去追求那梦寐以求的商品或地位。
Benign envy exists if the advantage of the other person is deserved, and motivates people to attain a coveted good or position for themselves.
通常情况下，处于垄断地位的国家并不会直接抬高价格，它可以对这种商品征收出口税间接提价。
Instead of raising the price directly, the country can do so indirectly by imposing an export tax on the product--an export tariff.
如今，随着大宗商品价格回升，市场重拾信心，在加快推动与非洲关系的进程中，中国处在比非洲传统伙伴更有利的地位。
With commodity prices now recovering and confidence returning, China is in a more solid position than Africa's traditional partners to pick up the pace.
而有一些基金经理却脱颖而出，尤其是那些长期保有在股票和大宗商品市场地位的基金表现尤为出色。
Some managers were able to stand out. Those that took long positions in equities and commodities did particularly well.
而食品消费在商品消费中的占比虽然趋势是下行的，但未来相当长的一段时间也将占有举足轻重的地位。
Food consumption in consumption in the proportion of although the trend is down, but the future for a long period of time will also occupy the position play a decisive role.
僵化的社会更加嫉妒和警惕着象征地位的商品。
Ossified societies guard positional goods more, not less, jealously.
人们需要购买昂贵的商品来显示他们的身份和地位。
They need to purchase expensive goods to display their status.
美国利用其美元地位从世界其它地方低价借款并卖出资产以获得商品。
The United States takes advantage of the dollar's position to borrow cheaply from the rest of the world, selling its assets in return for goods.
我们在这些国家营销商品，调整产品的地位使之跟适合这些国家的居民，建立商业，雇佣当地的人们并改变了他们的生活。
We're making products in those countries, we're adapting them to the tastes of those countries, building businesses and employing people and changing lives.
因此，设计在商品经济中的地位是举足轻重的。
Therefore, the design of the position in the commodity economy is important.
商品经济不可逾越的深层原因在于交换在社会生产中的特殊地位。
The special position of exchange in social production accounts for the insurmountability of commodity economy.
名贵的画作被经济学家称为地位性商品——这类商品昂贵的价值很大程度是因为其他人无法拥有。
Expensive pictures are primarily what economists call positional goods-things that are valuable largely because other people can't have them.
租赁住宅作为住宅商品交换市场必不可少的形式，始终占有不可忽略的地位。
Renting residency is always in the final place that cannot be ignored as the necessary form in the resident commodity exchanging market.
金融市场与其他商品市场一样，要受到市场机制的影响，并主要通过价格发挥作用而决定金融产品提供者的规模、利润以及市场竞争地位。
Finance market is affected by market mechanism like other merchandise markets, and the financial production supplier's scale, profit and status in the market are decided by the price.
金融市场与其他商品市场一样，要受到市场机制的影响，并主要通过价格发挥作用而决定金融产品提供者的规模、利润以及市场竞争地位。
Finance market is affected by market mechanism like other merchandise markets, and the financial production supplier's scale, profit and status in the market are decided by the price.
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