snobbery
英 ['snɒb(ə)rɪ]
美 ['snɑbəri]
- n. 勢利，諂上欺下；擺紳士架子；勢利的行為或語言
中文詞源
snobbery 勢利行為snob,勢利眼，-ery,表行為。
英文詞源
- snobbery (n.)
- "the class of snobs," 1833, from snob + -ery. Meaning "snobbishness" is from 1843.
雙語例句
- 1. There was very little snobbery or class-consciousness in the wartime navy.
- 戰時的海軍中很少有勢利眼，階級意識也不強。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Isabelle is quick to refute any suggestion of intellectual snobbery.
- 伊莎貝爾對於任何關於她恃才傲物的暗示都迅速予以否認。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He is spoiled, arrogant and has a tendency towards snobbery.
- 他被寵壞了，傲慢無禮，而且經常自命不凡。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Jocelyn accused Dexter of snobbery.
- 喬斯琳指責德克斯特勢力.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Snobbery is not so common in English today as it was said fifty years ago.
- 如今"Snobbery"在英語中已不象50年前那麽普遍使用.
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