snobbish

英 [ˈsnɒbɪʃ]

美 [ˈsnɑːbɪʃ]

adj.  势利的; 自命不凡的

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BNC.21368 / COCA.29534

牛津词典

adj.

• 势利的；自命不凡的
  thinking that having a high social class is very important; feeling that you are better than other people because you are more intelligent or like things that many people do not like

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (对自身社会地位、才智、品位等)过分自傲的，势利的
  If you describe someone assnobbish, you disapprove of them because they are too proud of their social status, intelligence, or taste.
  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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

adj

• befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
  Synonym:clannishcliquishclubbysnobby

双语例句

• As a class, it was exclusionary and hence tolerant of social prejudice, if not often downright snobbish.
  作为一个阶层，它非常排外，因此即使并不经常表现出赤裸裸的势利，至少是能够容忍社会偏见的存在的。
• Jane feels she can never compete with these snobbish, elegant people.
  简知道自己永远不会和这些高雅却势利的人竞争。
• I left the party without telling the host, for I couldn't put up with these snobbish people.
  我没有告诉主人就离开了晚会，我无法忍受那些势利小人。
• The game of institutional investing used to be played by a fairly snobbish crowd of expatriates and high-class locals.
  机构投资过去是一批相当势利的外籍人士与当地上流社会玩的游戏。
• 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。
• These people are hellishly snobbish.
  这些人势利极了。
• Because she was too shy and too snobbish to mix with her neighbours, she had few friends.
  她由于过于害羞、过于势利而不肯同邻居们交往，所以也没有几个朋友。
• Lu: I appreciate that you can be fair-weather friends were rich, I do not like the kind of snobbish people.
  芦：我欣赏那种可以共患难也可以共富贵的朋友，我不喜欢那种势利的人。
• The snobbish man standing there is nothing but a dentist.
  站在那边傲慢的人，只不过是位牙医。
• 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。