Question of the Day #1048

What E-Tailers Need To Know About Buyer’s Remorse

From the headline of this article at Forbes.

  上記の文で、buyer's remorseの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "buyer's remorse" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〔高価な商品などを〕買ってから後悔すること

上記の訳の他に、下記英語の二番目の定義のように政策・計画等を後押しした後に後悔することもいいます。

Answer

According to :

1. a sense of regret or uneasiness after having purchased a house, car, or other major item, especially when the acquisition involves an ongoing financial burden
2. a sense of regret after having committed to an endorsement, policy, plan of action, etc.

 

Examples

• We love our vacation property, but it took two years to get over our buyer’s remorse.
• Congressional leaders expressed buyer’s remorse after overriding the president’s veto.
• The court dismissed the complaints about the contracts as "buyer's remorse".
• Have you ever bought something and then regretted it? If you have, you’re not alone. There’s actually a name for this type of regret: buyer’s remorse.
• There are ways to potentially avoid buyer’s remorse, such as returning unwanted purchases, using the 24-hour rule or budgeting for bigger-ticket items.

   

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