| 单词 | planned obsolescence |
| 释义 | planned obsolescencenouna method of stimulating consumer demand by designing products that wear out or become outmoded after limited use. Also called built-in obsolescence. Origin of planned obsolescenceFirst recorded in 1965–70 Words nearby planned obsolescenceplank-sheer, plankter, plankton, planned, planned economy, planned obsolescence, Planned Parenthood, planner, planning, planning blight, planning permission Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for planned obsolescenceplanned obsolescence nounthe policy of deliberately limiting the life of a product in order to encourage the purchaser to replace itAlso called: built-in obsolescence Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for planned obsolescenceplanned obsolescence [ (ob-suh-les-uhns) ] Incorporating into a product features that will almost certainly go out of favor in a short time, thereby inducing the consumer to purchase a new model of the product. Placing sweeping tail fins on an automobile was an example of planned obsolescence. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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