During the 1980s the U.S. became a very materialistic society.

在20世纪80年代，美国成为了一个物质至上的社会。

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In this materialistic society, love, seems to be elusive thing.

在这物欲横流的社会，爱情，似乎成了可望而不可及的东西。

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In our modern materialistic society love simply means to give and take.

在我们的现代物质社会的爱简单的手段让步。

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This is an ambitious book, offering an analysis of the failures of academic economics and a call for a more inclusive, less materialistic society.

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Its depiction of a status-conscious businessman who falls for the simple life also struck a chord with audiences who are beginning to question China's materialistic society.

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