“势利眼”，中文俗语，一般指对上位者趋奉，对无权无势的人歧视，谄上欺下的人（a person who admires people in the higher social classes too much and has no respect for people in the lower social classes），与英文单词snob¹同义。势利小人表示“snobbish² person”。

 

例句：

 

她太势利，不与邻居交往。

She is too snobbish to mix with her neighbors.

 

他是个十足的势利眼——如果你没上过名牌学校，他也许一句话都不跟你说。

He's a terrible snob - if you haven't been to the right school he probably won't even speak to you.

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