status symbol

英 [ˈsteɪtəs sɪmbl]

美 [ˈsteɪtəs sɪmbl]

n.  社会地位与财富的象征

牛津词典

noun

• 社会地位与财富的象征
  a possession that people think shows their high social status and wealth
  1. Exotic pets are the latest status symbol.
     养珍禽异兽是表现社会地位的最时髦方式。

柯林斯词典

• 社会地位的象征;身份的象征
  Astatus symbolis something that a person has or owns that shows they have money or importance in society.

双语例句

• The Maybach has been adopted as the ultimate status symbol by Russia's super-rich.
  迈巴赫被视作俄国超级富豪的”终极身份象征“。
• Membership in these corporate facilities was, and still is, a status symbol.
  拥有这样的会员身份，至今仍是一种身份地位的象征。
• Once upon a time, flip phones were the ultimate status symbol.
  从前，翻盖手机是社会地位的终极象征。
• Carrying a chanel bag suggests you have a fat wallet inside, which is the ultimate status symbol.
  一个香奈尔（Chanel）的手提包握在手，就能说明你的腰包有多鼓，当然最终也成为一种经济地位的象征。
• For them, the ultimate status symbol is the power to live by nature's clock rather than the Net's clock.
  对他们来说，地位的最大标志在于有无能力按照自然的生物钟而非网络钟来工作和休息。
• A personal chauffeur is undoubtedly a status symbol.
  雇有私人司机无疑是一种社会地位的象征。
• Caring for the environment should be a bigger status symbol than driving a car.
  关心环境应当比拥有汽车更能体现人的身份。
• McDonald's is not only fast food as the United States, but more symbolic Americans to be seen as the best choice food culture high standards and status symbol.
  麦当劳不仅被视为美国的快餐，而且更为象征性地被视为美国人的最佳选择、饮食文化的高标准、地位的象征。
• Officialdom can also lead to membership of the Chinese Communist Party& a status symbol in China.
  而且，公务岗位还能保证入党这在中国是身份地位的象征。
• They value coffins as a status symbol and a spiritual way of remembering the deceased's job or personality.
  他们将棺材视为死者社会地位及生前职业或人格的纪念和象征。