snobbery
英 ['snɒb(ə)rɪ]
美 ['snɑbəri]
- n. 势利，谄上欺下；摆绅士架子；势利的行为或语言
中文词源
snobbery 势利行为snob,势利眼，-ery,表行为。
英文词源
- snobbery (n.)
- "the class of snobs," 1833, from snob + -ery. Meaning "snobbishness" is from 1843.
双语例句
- 1. There was very little snobbery or class-consciousness in the wartime navy.
- 战时的海军中很少有势利眼，阶级意识也不强。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Isabelle is quick to refute any suggestion of intellectual snobbery.
- 伊莎贝尔对于任何关于她恃才傲物的暗示都迅速予以否认。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He is spoiled, arrogant and has a tendency towards snobbery.
- 他被宠坏了，傲慢无礼，而且经常自命不凡。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Jocelyn accused Dexter of snobbery.
- 乔斯琳指责德克斯特势力.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Snobbery is not so common in English today as it was said fifty years ago.
- 如今"Snobbery"在英语中已不象50年前那么普遍使用.
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