[mass noun]emphasis on the maximizing of profit 对利润最大化的重视;商业精神,商业主义 political concern with state enterprise deficits prompted efforts for greater commercialism. 政府对国有企业赤字的关注鼓励了对商业精神的更大重视。 ■(derogatory)practices and attitudes that are concerned with the making of profit at the expense of quality (贬)(牺牲质量的)营利主义,惟利是图 the cut-throat commercialism of the Paris art world. 巴黎艺术界的不讲道德的惟利是图的行为。