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Impulse Buying

衝動購物

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Impulse Buying
下單連購兩間豪宅
Can’t help but keep buying things?
忍不住一直手滑購物?
can’t help but RV忍不住做某事=can’t help V-ing
The next thing you know is that you find yourself ending up broke and drowning in a pile of useless stuff.
下一秒回過神來才發現自己花了太多錢,而且還深陷廢物堆之中。
end up以~告終
If that doesn’t seem bad enough, consider this: a shopper with bipolar disorder nearly spent NT$70 million on two houses on Double 11 Day.
如果那還不夠糟,想想看這個案例:一名患有躁鬱症的消費者差點在雙十一購物節花七千萬元買下兩間房子。
bipolar disorder躁鬱症eating disorder飲食障礙anxiety disorder焦慮症
This is a case that Chou Ping-Hsuan, Attending Physician in the Department of Psychiatry at Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, came across in clinical practice.
這是亞東紀念醫院精神科專任主治醫師周秉萱遇過的真實臨床案例。
Chou said that the transactions were not completed since the patient with impulsive behavior was soon admitted for treatment.
周秉萱表示,該交易並未完成,因為那位出現衝動購物行為的患者隨即入院治療了。
transaction(n.)交易impulsive(adj.)衝動的admit(v.)收治、接收~入院
She explained that emotional problems are the main reason behind impulse buying.
她解釋道,情緒問題是衝動購物背後的主因。
emotional(adj.)情緒上的、情感上的emotion(n.)情緒、情感emotional blackmail情緒勒索emotional intelligence情商
People struggling with loneliness, depression, low self-esteem and anxiety tend to fill the void through buying things.
受寂寞、憂鬱症、低自尊、焦慮所苦的人往往會藉由購物填補內心的空虛。
struggle with掙扎於~fill the void填補空洞
Longing for social and self-identity can also lead to unnecessary spending.
渴求社會與自我認同也會導致非必要的花費。
long for渴望~unnecessary(adj.)不必要的necessary(adj.)必要的
Additionally, advertising stimulates impulse buying.
此外,廣告也刺激了衝動購物。
advertising(n.)廣告stimulate(v.)刺激、促進
Stores do their best to encourage buyers to add more items to their carts by offering tempting deals and making it a challenge to get to the checkout without passing an array of products.
商家無所不用其極地鼓勵買家消費,除了提供誘人優惠以外,也讓消費者無法繞過商品陳列架直達結帳櫃檯。
encourage sb. to do sth.鼓勵某人做某事tempting(adj.)誘人的an array of一排~、一批~

📚 重點單字片語

impulse(n.)
衝動、突如其來的強烈欲望
can’t help but RV
忍不住做某事=can’t help V-ing
end up
以~告終
bipolar disorder
躁鬱症
eating disorder
飲食障礙
anxiety disorder
焦慮症
transaction(n.)
交易
impulsive(adj.)
衝動的
admit(v.)
收治、接收~入院
emotional(adj.)
情緒上的、情感上的
emotion(n.)
情緒、情感
emotional blackmail
情緒勒索
emotional intelligence
情商
struggle with
掙扎於~
fill the void
填補空洞
long for
渴望~
unnecessary(adj.)
不必要的
necessary(adj.)
必要的
advertising(n.)
廣告
stimulate(v.)
刺激、促進
encourage sb. to do sth.
鼓勵某人做某事
tempting(adj.)
誘人的
an array of
一排~、一批~
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