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snobs

英 [snɒbz]

美 [snɑbz]

n.  势利小人; 谄上欺下的人; 自以为优越的人; 自命高雅的人
snob的复数

柯林斯词典

  • N-COUNT 势利小人
    If you call someone asnob, you disapprove of them because they admire upper-class people and have a low opinion of lower-class people.
    1. Going to a private school had made her a snob...
      上私立学校后,她变得很势利。
    2. Kenneth is an arrogant, rude, social snob.
      肯尼斯是一个傲慢粗鲁只喜欢结交权贵的势利鬼。
  • N-COUNT 自以为(在智力或品位方面)高人一等的人
    If you call someone asnob, you disapprove of them because they behave as if they are superior to other people because of their intelligence or taste.
    1. She was an intellectual snob.
      她自以为才智高人一等。
    2. ...a first class food snob.
      自认为饮食方面品位一流的家伙

双语例句

  • Musical snoBs often deride the harmonica as a serious instrument
    假充在音乐上内行的人经常嘲笑口琴作为严肃乐器的事实
  • All men are snobs about something.
    人人都有势利之处。
  • The latter prize quickly inspired the tin can, more of a blessing than food snobs might acknowledge.
    后一个奖项很快便催生出听装罐头,它带来的好处比食品界那些假内行所认可的更多。
  • Some Western snobs expressed contempt for oriental art without reason.
    西方一些势利小人毫无理由地看不起东方艺术。
  • Scholarly analyses have turned into irrelevant extravagances for snobs.
    学术分析变成了那些自命不凡的人毫不相干的放纵言论。
  • I want you to know nice people, and they are fearful snobs.
    我让你认识一些上流人士,他们都是势利鬼。
  • Western Wine snobs sniff that the Chinese do not know how to drink good wine, horrified by reports of red wine being mixed with Coca-Cola or being knocked back in one.
    西方葡萄酒“行家”哂笑中国人不懂得怎样品味好酒,听说中国人用可口可乐【似乎应该是雪碧】兑红酒、动不动干杯豪饮,他们大惊失色。
  • Margie Newman describes the event as "a sea of Mac-toting, smartphone-obsessed, new media snobs on a mission to know what is next."
    玛吉·纽曼形容这次盛典“到处是背着苹果电脑,痴迷于智能手机的新媒体牛人,他们在搜寻下一个技术热点。”
  • Tom had no handkerchief, and he looked upon boys who had as snobs.
    汤姆没有手绢,他鄙视那些有手绢的孩子们,把他们看作是故作姿态的势利小人。
  • I'll let the chocolate snobs miss out on it, it only means more for me.
    我会让巧克力的人错过它,它只意味着更多的对我。