anti-consumer
adjective (also anticonsumer) uk/ˌæn.ti.kənˈsjuː.mər/ us/ˌæn.taɪ.kənˈsuː.mɚ/
(NOT PROTECTING BUYERS)
反消费者
not protecting the people who buy or use goods and services
Consumers should be protected from hidden charges and other anti-consumer practices. 应保护消费者免受隐性收费和其他反消费者行为的影响。
The outcome is likely to be pro-business and anticonsumer. 结果很可能是有利于商家而不利于消费者的。
Compare: consumer
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- This law is anti-business and anti-consumer.
- This is an anti-consumer bill.
- His agenda was very anti-consumer.
(AGAINST BUYING )
抵制消费的
opposed to the practice and effects of consumerism (= too much attention being given to buying and owning things)
Buy Nothing Day is celebrated annually by anti-consumer campaigners. 抵制消费运动的支持者们每年都会庆祝“罢买日”。
the anti-consumer movement 抵制消费运动
Synonym: anti-consumerist
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- anti-consumer campaigns