snob

英 [snɒb] 美 [snɑːb]

n.  势利小人; 谄上欺下的人; 自以为优越的人; 自命高雅的人

复数:snobs第三人称单数:snobs

CET6考研GRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.19513 / COCA.17236



牛津词典

noun

  1. 势利小人;谄上欺下的人
    a person who admires people in the higher social classes too much and has no respect for people in the lower social classes
    1. She's such a snob!
      她竟是这样一个势利眼!
  2. 自以为优越的人;自命高雅的人
    a person who thinks they are much better than other people because they are intelligent or like things that many people do not like
    1. an intellectual snob
      自命知识渊博的人
    2. a food/wine, etc. snob
      自命精于品味美食、葡萄酒等的人
    3. There is a snob value in driving the latest model.
      开最新款式的车能满足一种庸俗的虚荣心。

柯林斯词典

  1. N-COUNT 势利小人
    If you call someone a snob, you disapprove of them because they admire upper-class people and have a low opinion of lower-class people.
    1. Going to a private school had made her a snob...
      上私立学校后,她变得很势利。
    2. Kenneth is an arrogant, rude, social snob.
      肯尼斯是一个傲慢粗鲁只喜欢结交权贵的势利鬼。
  2. N-COUNT 自以为(在智力或品位方面)高人一等的人
    If you call someone a snob, you disapprove of them because they behave as if they are superior to other people because of their intelligence or taste.
    1. She was an intellectual snob.
      她自以为才智高人一等。
    2. ...a first class food snob.
      自认为饮食方面品位一流的家伙

双语例句

  1. People want to buy designer labels for snob value.
    人们想买名牌是为了满足虚荣心。
  2. Going to a private school had made her a snob
    上私立学校后,她变得很势利。
  3. Kenneth is an arrogant, rude, social snob.
    肯尼斯是一个傲慢粗鲁只喜欢结交权贵的势利鬼。
  4. She was an intellectual snob.
    她自以为才智高人一等。
  5. That Rous was a snob and a social climber could scarcely be denied.
    劳斯十分势利,喜欢攀龙附凤——这几乎是不可否认的事实。
  6. I was a thorough little academic snob
    我那时是个目空一切、自以为是的小学术愤青。
  7. He is a snob who always slanders others in front of the emperor.
    他是个喜欢向皇帝进谗的小人。
  8. He is nothing but a snob.
    他就是个势利眼。
  9. How the devil did I come to have such a snob FOR a son?
    我怎么会生出这样一个势利的儿子!
  10. It makes people see you as a regular and open-minded person, not a snob.
    别人会觉得你是一个随意开放的人,而不是一个虚伪势利的人。
  11. Fo Yin said: He was a snob and his behavior was upset.
    佛印说:他是一个势利小人,他的行为真令人讨厌。
  12. You chaps know me. I& acute; m no snob. right? But this cat is too much.
    你们这些家伙知道我,我不是个势力的人,对吧?但是这只猫也太出格了。
  13. You chaps know me. I'm no snob. Right?
    你了解我的,我不是势力的人,对吗?
  14. Snob talk as if they have beget their own ancestors.
    小人大言不惭,简直把自己的祖宗也说成是他们生的了。
  15. Jason: Face it, you don't like action movies because you're a snob.
    杰森:承认吧,你不喜欢动作片是因为你自己势利。
  16. B: If you think that way, you are a snob already.
    如果你那样想的话,你已经是势利小人了。
  17. He's a bit of a snob won't speak to the likes of me.
    他这个人有点势利--不会和我这样的人说话。
  18. She was not at all a snob: far too sure of herself.
    她一点也不是个势利的人,她太相信自己了。
  19. Joe: you are just a snob. I love street fashion.
    乔:你真是个势利小人,我爱街头流行时装。
  20. He's a professional snob, not a cook.
    他是自以为是的人,不是厨师。
  21. She's a terrible snob.
    她是个极其势利的人。
  22. He is a well-known snob, always fawning on the rich and the powerful.
    他是个有名的势利眼,从来只会巴结有钱有权的人。
  23. That's why some of us buy Armani and Versace because it's* it's snob value.
    为什么我们有些人买阿玛尼和范思哲的东西,就是因为虚荣心作怪。
  24. He's a snob, deceiving his superiors and delude his subordinates.
    他是个势力小人,欺上瞒下。
  25. He has always been a snob who believes that thinking is a mindless activity.
    他是个假内行,总是认为思想是不用脑子的行为。
  26. He's bit of a snob, as his father does.
    他这人有点势利,就像他父亲那样。
  27. She's such a snob. I don't like her.
    她太爱招摇了。我不喜欢她。
  28. He is a snob and by no means someone that can be trusted.
    他是个势利小人,绝对不可以信任。
  29. I heard you got fired for being a snob.
    我听说你是因为一个小人被解雇了。

英英释义

noun

  1. a person regarded as arrogant and annoying

      Synonym:    prigsnotsnoot