喜歡幫人參謀的“后座購(gòu)物者”

有的人是購(gòu)物狂，有的人喜歡跟風(fēng)購(gòu)物，還有的人喜歡在別人購(gòu)物時(shí)給人出主意，享受替人挑選物品的快感，這就是backseat buyer——后座購(gòu)物者。

Backseat buyer is a person who gets excited over other people's future or current purchases. Backseat buyer enjoys helping other person choose stuff as much as buying something for himself/herself. Usually an enthusiastic shopper for themselves as well. It can also be used as an adjective and verb.

“后座購(gòu)物者”會(huì)因?yàn)樗思磳⒁?gòu)買或現(xiàn)在要購(gòu)買東西而感到興奮。他們喜歡幫助別人挑選東西，對(duì)他們而言，幫別人購(gòu)物和給自己購(gòu)物一樣快樂。他們自己通常也是狂熱的購(gòu)物者。“后座購(gòu)物者”的動(dòng)詞形式是“后座購(gòu)物”，即backseat buying。

Example:

Whenever I think about getting a new gadget, my father goes backseat buyer.

每當(dāng)我想買一個(gè)新玩意兒，我爸總是要做我的“后座購(gòu)物者”。

If you don't stop backseat buying right now I'm going to smack you.

如果你再不馬上停止“后座購(gòu)物”，我就要給你一巴掌了。

（中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津 陳丹妮）