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

• There is nothing about which men cannot feel snobbish.
  任何东西都可以引起人的势利感。
• Her boyfriend appears to be very snobbish.
  她的男朋友看起来很势利。
• 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。
• 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。
• One is almost tempted to add: There is nothing about which men cannot feel snobbish.
  几乎很想加一句：没有什么东西不都引起人的势利感。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It may cause the INFJ to come off as too strongly opinionated or snobbish to others.
  这可能导致INFJ表现的太强烈的固执己见或者对别人势利。
• 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。