snobbish

英 ['snɒbɪʃ] 美 ['snɑbɪʃ]
  • adj. 势利的

中文词源


snobbish 势利的

snob,势利眼,-ish,形容词后缀。

英文词源


snobbish (adj.)
1840, "pertaining to snobs," from snob + -ish. Meaning "with the character of a snob" is from 1849. Related: Snobbishly; snobbishness.

双语例句


1. They had a snobbish dislike for their intellectual and social inferiors.
他们非常势利,不喜欢智力和社会地位不如自己的人。

来自柯林斯例句

2. 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.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. There should be no snobbish mockery of catering or fashion design as university subjects.
不应该自命不凡地嘲笑大学里的酒席承办和时装设计课程。

来自柯林斯例句

4. 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。

来自辞典例句

5. There is nothing about which men cannot feel snobbish.
任何东西都可以引起人的势利感.

来自辞典例句

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