snobbery

英 [ˈsnɒbəri]

美 [ˈsnɑːbəri]

n.  势利态度(或行为); 自以为优越的态度(或行为)

复数：snobberies　

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Collins.1 / BNC.18786 / COCA.22186

牛津词典

noun

• 势利态度（或行为）；自以为优越的态度（或行为）
  the attitudes and behaviour of people who are snobs
  1. intellectual snobbery
     智力上的自我优越感

柯林斯词典

• 势利态度;势利眼
  Snobberyis the attitude of a snob.

英英释义

noun

• the trait of condescending to those of lower social status
  Synonym:snobbismsnobbishness

双语例句

•   but culturally we have a snobbery about lawyers being superior.
  但在文化上，我们有种律师才最高等的优越感。
• She accused me of snobbery because I sent my sons to a private school.
  她指责我势利，因为我送儿子上私立学校。
• She hates the snobbery of the chattering classes.
  她憎恨闲聊阶层的势利。
• Though he had patrician self-confidence, there was no snobbery in Roosevelt.
  罗斯福有着出身贵族的自信满满，但却毫无趋炎附势的丑恶嘴脸。
• Adjectives that describe insincere humility, dissatisfaction, snobbery, courtesy to women, financial embarrassment, sadness, etc.
  描述虚情假意、牢骚不满、趋炎附势、对女士礼貌有加、经济窘迫、悲哀的形容词。
• They considered her behaviour a shameful piece of snobbery.
  他们认为她为人势利，行为可耻。
• The fallacy works, too, as a driver of literary snobbery.
  此谬误也是文学上的势力现象产生的驱动力之一。
• Her snobbery has rendered her friendless.
  她的势利令她没有朋友。
• Because actually there's very little social snobbery in the United states.
  因为实际上美国只有很少的势力眼。
• The value of snobbery in general, its humanistic "point", consists in its power to stimulate activity.
  总的来说，势利感的价值，即它与人相关的意义在于它有能刺激行动的能力。