Mister Veblen argued that people gathered wealth for the purpose of "conspicuous consumption."

VOA: special.2011.05.01

It's the amount that people spend on consumption goods, things that you buy for your current use, like food, shelter, clothing, etc.

它是人们购买消费品所花费的总额，为每日生活所买的东西，比如食物，住宿，衣物等。

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just like the line numbers in any modern edition of Milton that's been produced for the likes of you, for the consumption of college English majors.

跟现在版本的弥尔顿诗歌标有行数一样,这是为像你们这样喜欢弥尔顿的人而印上的，还有大学里英语系的学生们。

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Critics,including the Australian government, say the research argument is a cover for the sale and consumption of whale meat, which is banned under international regulations.

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

And they're overfished almost everywhere because they are so desired for human consumption."

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Choi Jong-kun, an international relations professor at Seoul's Yonsei University, thinks the declaration that Pyongyang violated international law is mainly for the consumption of angry South Koreans.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Critics,including the Australian and New Zealand governments, say such arguments are a cover for the sale and consumption of whale meat, which is banned under an international moratorium on commercial hunting.

VOA: standard.2010.01.05