The symbol consumption doesn't refer to the consuming goods, but the symbol value of the consuming goods.

符号消费指向的不是消费物自身，而是物所承载的符号价值，即其体现的消费者的身份、地位和品味。

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The future we're fighting for isn't as the world's largest importer, consuming products made elsewhere, but as the world's largest manufacturer of ideas and goods sold around the world.

我们未来的奋斗目标不是成为全球最大的进口国，使用其他国家生产的商品，而是成为全球最大的理念和商品生产者，并将其销往全世界。

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Shipping lines, logistics companies and warehouse operators say costs spur customers worldwide to move the sorting process for goods away from consuming countries.

船运公司、物流企业和仓储运营商表示，成本因素促使全世界的客户都将商品分类过程从消费国转移出去。

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Tough talk about increasing or even maintaining a high price, encourages consumers to invest in lower energy consuming goods (cars, generally), thereby reducing future demand.

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Worse still, most of these jobs came from the goods-consuming service sector rather than the goods-producing manufacturing sector (which lost another 6, 000 jobs).

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If the numbers of idle workers climb because of the severity of the recession, the situation aggravates accordingly: less saleable goods available among consuming competitors.

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