retail therapy 购物疗法

Retail therapy is shopping with the primary purpose of improving the buyer's mood or disposition. Often seen in people during periods of depression or transition, it is normally a short-lived habit. Items purchased during periods of retail therapy are sometimes referred to as "comfort buys".

“购物疗法”指为了调整情绪或精神状态而进行的购物行为。这种情况多发于情绪沮丧或调整期，一般不会持续太长时间。这期间购买的物品有时被叫做“安慰购买品”。

Retail therapy was first used as a term in the 1980s with the first reference being this sentence in the Chicago Tribune of Christmas Eve 1986: "We've become a nation measuring out our lives in shopping bags and nursing our psychic ills through retail therapy."

“购物疗法”（retail therapy）这个词首次使用是在上世纪80年代，最先出现在1986年圣诞前夜出版的《芝加哥先驱报》上：“我们已经变成了一个用购物袋衡量生活质量，用购物疗法抚慰心灵创伤的国家。”