Unlike those material goods, time is something you can only experience once.

时间不像其他物质一样，它只能体验一次。

The car dealership screams that meaning is found in status or material goods.

汽车经销商大声疾呼，意义存在于地位和物质产品。

The goal is to train yourself to get by with less material goods and comforts.

这样做的目的是训练自己用较少的物质和舒适的生活方式过日子。

Some people tend to collect possessions as if the accumulation of material goods increases their happiness.

有些人倾向于收集财产，好像物质的积累增加了他们的幸福。

But instead of asking for material goods, Diogenes only asked Alexander to get out of his sunshine.

但是，第欧根尼（Diogenes）并没有要求任何物资，而是要求亚历山大闪到一边去，不要遮住他的阳光。

They're floating in a vast ocean of choices and material goods but finding they're still unfulfilled.

他们正漂浮在一个充满选择和物质产品的汪洋大海里，但他们仍不满足。

They don't think it's important or they'd rather spend their money on other things, day trips or material goods?

他们认为旅行不重要？或者宁愿把钱花在一日游或生活用品上？

Research shows that people investing in experiences leads to greater happiness than spending perhaps previous generations, spending more on material goods.

研究表明，人们在体验上投资比花在前几代人身上会带来更大的幸福感，前几代人在物质上花更多的钱。

Pop Art was defined by images of material goods and popular culture. Pop artists rejected the serious nature of the art world.

波普艺术由有形材和流行文化图画所定义。波普艺术家们拒绝艺术世界的严肃本质。

You may not expect the side to provide the material goods, but he has to be there.

你可能不指望对方提供物质上的东西 但他必须在场。

That trade involves things that we buy and sell, like material goods and services, but also things like ideas, cultures, people and, of course, outbreaks.

这种贸易涉及我们买卖的东西，如物质商品和服务，但也包括思想、文化、人，当然还有疫情的流通。

It's very paradoxical because we think: 'Oh, we've got all these material goods that we ever wanted.

这是非常矛盾的，因为我们认为：‘哦，我们已经得到了我们想要的所有这些物质商品。

My research suggests that people also feel guiltier about spending money to have more time than they do about spending money on material goods.

我的研究表明，与花钱购买物质产品相比，人们为拥有更多时间而花钱会感到更加内疚。

What we see when we when it comes to actually buying material goods versus experiences is that when we buy our second watch, for example, we might get the spike in happiness.

当我们一谈到买买买，我们想到的是物质产品而非体验，比如当我们换了只新手表时，我们可能受到了幸福感的刺激。

Though it may be possible to measure the value of material goods in terms of money, it is extremely difficult to estimate the true value of the services which people perform for us.

虽然物质产品的价值可以用金钱来衡量，但要估算别人为我们为所提供的服务的价值却是极其困难的。

In an experiment, individuals reported greater higher life satisfaction if they used $40 to save time rather than spend it on material goods such as a new pair of shoes.

在一项实验中， 如果个人将 40 美元用于节省时间而不是将其花在一双新鞋等物质商品上， 他们就会报告更高的生活满意度。

If you can learn to live with less — less money, less material goods, less comforts, less luxuries — you will be better prepared to do it if it ever becomes a necessity, which is often the case in times of crisis.

如果你能学会用更少的钱、更少的物质、更少的舒适、更少的奢侈品生活，当这种更少成为必需品时，而这种情况在危机时期经常发生，你就能做到更好的准备。