acquisitive society

unfortunately, education at present is aimed at making you conform, fit into and adjust yourself to this acquisitive society.

很不幸的是，目前教育的方针就是使你服从、配合，并调整你自己去适应这个竞争的社会。

We live in a materialistic society and are trained from our earliest years to be acquisitive.

我们生活在一个追求物质享受的时代,自幼就受到训练要不断索取.

May you be more calm when facing the acquisitive society.

愿你在急功近利的社会里多一份淡定与从容。

advertising encourages consumers to "keep up with the joneses" , namely, it creates an acquisitive society and a demand for material things.

广告鼓励消费者攀比，换句话说，广告创造出一个贪婪的社会及对物质的需求。

In an acquisitive society the form that selfishness predominantly takes is monetary greed.

在一个贪婪的社会里,贪财是自私自利的突出表现形式.