今天是3月15日，“國際消費者權(quán)益日”。這一國際日最先由國際消費者聯(lián)盟組織確定，目的是擴大消費者權(quán)益保護的宣傳，促進各國和地區(qū)消費者組織之間的合作與交往。315在中國的確立既反應(yīng)了廣大消費者共同的權(quán)利訴求，也是公眾利益的一致追求，更在一定程度上反映出時代進步的需要。

【相關(guān)詞匯講解】

1. 消費者：consumer

例句：We need more feedback from the consumer in order to improve our goods.

我們需要從消費者那里多得到些反饋信息以提高產(chǎn)品質(zhì)量。

2. 消費的：consumptive

例句：Consumptive economics has an abound content. And it is increasingly developing with people's consumptive behavior.

消費經(jīng)濟學(xué)的內(nèi)容十分豐富，并隨著人們消費實踐的發(fā)展而發(fā)展。

3. 消費主義：consumerism

例句：By the second half of the 19th century consumerism had taken root.

到19世紀(jì)后半葉，消費主義已深入人心。

4. 消費者信心指數(shù)：Consumer Confidence Index

例句：University of Michigan released the latest Consumer Confidence Index on Friday, which showed a fifth increase in the past 6 months.

密歇根大學(xué)星期五公布美國消費者信心指數(shù)，六個月來第五度上升。

5. 耐用消費品：consumer durable, 通常指使用周期較長，一次性投資較大，包括（但不限于）家用電器、家具、汽車等。

例句：The number of durable consumer goods owned by local residents is increasing rapidly.

居民擁有耐用消費品數(shù)量迅速增加。

6. 消費者權(quán)益：consumers' rights and interests

例句：The state shall listen to consumers' opinions and demands when formulating laws, regulations and policies relating to the legitimate rights and interests of consumers.

國家制定有關(guān)消費者權(quán)益的法律、法規(guī)和政策時，應(yīng)當(dāng)聽取消費者的意見和要求。

7.“一分錢一分貨” ：You get what you pay for.

8. 明碼標(biāo)價：mark clearly the prices of the commodities

例句：Prices for goods must be clearly marked and advertising must be honest.

商品一律明碼標(biāo)價，廣告必須實事求是。

9. 召回有缺陷的產(chǎn)品：recall defective products

例句：In accordance with the national Regulations on Recalls of Defective Automobile Products, a recall plan was submitted to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the PRC (AQSIQ).

按照國家頒布的《缺陷汽車產(chǎn)品召回管理規(guī)定》，向國家質(zhì)量監(jiān)督檢驗檢疫總局遞交了召回申請。

10. 販賣偽劣產(chǎn)品欺詐顧客：cheat customers by selling fake and inferior goods

11. 規(guī)范市場秩序：regulate market order

例句：Continuous efforts to deepen reform and rectify and regulate market economic order have created conditions for improving the development environment.

不斷深化改革，整頓和規(guī)范市場經(jīng)濟秩序，為改善發(fā)展環(huán)境創(chuàng)造了條件。

12. 吊銷營業(yè)執(zhí)照：revoke business licenses

例句：Administrative authorities of industry and commerce shall revoke business licenses of those enterprises whose certificates of qualification have been revoked in accordance with the stipulations of this Law.

依照本法規(guī)定被吊銷資質(zhì)證書的，由工商行政管理部門吊銷其營業(yè)執(zhí)照。

13. 消費者物價指數(shù): Consumer Price Index，英文縮寫為CPI，是反映與居民生活有關(guān)的商品及勞務(wù)價格統(tǒng)計出來的物價變動指標(biāo)，通常作為觀察通貨膨脹水平的重要指標(biāo)。如果消費者物價指數(shù)升幅過大，表明通脹已經(jīng)成為經(jīng)濟不穩(wěn)定因素，因此，該指數(shù)過高的升幅往往不被市場歡迎。

例句：The annual growth in the consumer price index (CPI) surged to 5.6 percent in July, the highest in a decade.

七月份的消費者物價指數(shù)年比上漲5.6%，創(chuàng)十年來新高。

14. 對損害消費者合法權(quán)益的行為進行社會監(jiān)督：exercise social supervision over acts infringing upon the legitimate rights and interests of consumers

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（來源：滬江英語 編輯：Julie）