A materialistic person cares most about money, things you can buy, and how rich a life looks from the outside. Art, faith, kindness, ideas — those get treated as less real, or as extras.

A materialistic person一個物質主義的人 cares most about最在乎 money錢、 things you can buy買得到的東西、 and還有 how rich a life looks from the outside生活從外表看起來多富有。Art, faith, kindness, ideas藝術、信仰、善良、想法這些 those get treated as被當作 less real沒那麼真實, or as extras或只是附加的東西。

The word is almost always a criticism: you are saying their values are thin. It can describe a person, a family, a city, or a whole time (“a materialistic age”).

The word這個詞 is almost always幾乎都是 a criticism一種批評: you are saying你是在說 their values他們的價值觀 are thin很單薄。It它 can describe可以用來形容 a person一個人、 a family一個家庭、 a city一座城市、 or或 a whole time整個時代 ("a materialistic age"「物質主義的時代」)。

It is a fairly formal, essay-ready word, but people use it in ordinary talk too when they are judging.

It它 is是 a fairly formal, essay-ready word相當正式、適合寫作文的詞, but不過 when they are judging當他們在評斷什麼的時候 people use it in ordinary talk too日常對話裡也會用到它。

Though actually it does not just mean “likes nice things.” Lots of people like a warm coat and a nice meal. Materialistic is when those things have crowded out the rest, or when someone measures a life only by what it owns.

Though actually不過其實 it它 does not just mean不是只表示 "likes nice things"「喜歡好東西」。Lots of people很多人 like喜歡 a warm coat一件溫暖的外套 and和 a nice meal一頓好吃的飯。Materialistic物質主義 is when是指當 those things這些東西 have crowded out the rest排擠掉了其他一切的時候, or或者是 when someone measures a life only by what it owns當有人只用一個人擁有什麼來衡量他的人生的時候。