snobs

英 [snɒbz]

美 [snɑbz]

n.  势利小人; 谄上欺下的人; 自以为优越的人; 自命高雅的人
snob的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 势利小人
  If you call someone asnob, 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。
• N-COUNT 自以为(在智力或品位方面)高人一等的人
  If you call someone asnob, 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

• Why didn't you put on something smarter, since city-dwellers are such snobs?
  城里人眼浅，你干吗不穿好点儿？
• I want you to know nice people, and they are fearful snobs.
  我让你认识一些上流人士，他们都是势利鬼。
• One shouldn't be too snobbish, as snobs are hated by all people.
  做人不能太势利眼了，嫌贫爱富的人让人痛恨。
• What nasty little snobs you all are
  你们全都是些可恶的势利小人。
• AMONG snobs and sommeliers, nothing can compete with wine in a glass bottle sealed with a cork stopper.
  对于自命不凡的品酒者和斟酒服务员而言，带有软木塞的瓶装葡萄酒是无与伦比的。
• Carlos: We haven't lost a thing except the chance to hobnob with a bunch of unhappy snobs.
  我们失去的只是与不开心的势利鬼交往的机会。
• Western Wine snobs sniff that the Chinese do not know how to drink good wine, horrified by reports of red wine being mixed with Coca-Cola or being knocked back in one.
  西方葡萄酒“行家”哂笑中国人不懂得怎样品味好酒，听说中国人用可口可乐【似乎应该是雪碧】兑红酒、动不动干杯豪饮，他们大惊失色。
• I'll let the chocolate snobs miss out on it, it only means more for me.
  我会让巧克力的人错过它，它只意味着更多的对我。
• Investors can be snobs, and usually such foolishness proves expensive.
  投资者可能会很势利，而通常这种愚蠢的眼光会让他们付出高昂的代价。
• She had no ancestors and thought people who had were snobs.
  她没有荣耀的祖先，并认为有荣耀祖先的人都是些仗势欺人的人。