snobbish 势利眼

时间：2021-11-19 05:07:06

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“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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1 snob YFMzo     
n.势利小人，自以为高雅、有学问的人
参考例句：
  • Going to a private school had made her a snob.上私立学校后，她变得很势利。
  • If you think that way, you are a snob already.如果你那样想的话，你已经是势利小人了。
2 snobbish UhCyE     
adj.势利的，谄上欺下的
参考例句：
  • She's much too snobbish to stay at that plain hotel.她很势利，不愿住在那个普通旅馆。
  • I'd expected her to be snobbish but she was warm and friendly.我原以为她会非常势利，但她却非常热情和友好。

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