potlatch
- n. （人类学）夸富宴（北美太平洋西北沿岸某些印第安人的仪式性赠礼宴席，主人向宾客大量分赠礼物，有时毁坏财物，以显示财富与地位；亦作“冬季赠礼节”）
英英释义
potlatch [ 'pɔt,lætʃ ]
- n. a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment)
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柯林斯英汉双解大词典
potlatch /ˈpɒtˌlætʃ/
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N a competitive ceremonial activity among certain North American Indians, esp the Kwakiutl, involving a lavish distribution of gifts and the destruction of property to emphasize the wealth and status of the chief or clan 夸富宴; 某些北美印第安人，尤其是夸求图人举行的社交聚会，部落酋长向众人赠送贵重礼物显示自己的财富和地位 [anthropol]
双语例句权威例句
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Up until now, potlatch to only see in North America and west North America, Melanesia and Papua.
迄今为止，夸富宴只见于北美洲和西北美洲、美拉尼西亚和巴布亚。
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Maybe we should devise and carry out our own versions of the potlatch ceremony... so long as they do not involve color televisions or air conditioners.
也许，我们应该自己设计一个赠礼仪式……只要不是赠送彩电和空调就好。
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Perhaps the Native American potlatch ceremony, marked by the ritualized giving away of one's most valued possessions, deserves attention from the perspective of positive psychology.
也许，积极心理学应该关注一下印第安人的冬季赠礼仪式，即把自己最贵重的东西赠送给别人。
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