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

• Academic snobs say such places hardly rank with MIT or Princeton, where Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve's chief, earned his spurs.
  学术上的势力之人说席根大学几乎不能与麻省理工学院或者美联储主席本伯南克成名之地普林斯顿大学相提并论。
• Advertising snobs said Steve Jobs never would have approved the cheesy and demeaning "genius" ads Apple ran during the London Olympics.
  自以为有品位的广告界人士声称，史蒂夫•乔布斯绝不会批准苹果在伦敦奥运会期间投放的那则低劣且自降身份的“Genius”广告。
• So why should I bother about what snobs think.
  因此，我不必烦恼那些势力的人所说的话。
• 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。
• All men are snobs about something.
  人人都有势利之处。
• Scholarly analyses have turned into irrelevant extravagances for snobs.
  学术分析变成了那些自命不凡的人毫不相干的放纵言论。
• Margie Newman describes the event as "a sea of Mac-toting, smartphone-obsessed, new media snobs on a mission to know what is next."
  玛吉·纽曼形容这次盛典“到处是背着苹果电脑，痴迷于智能手机的新媒体牛人，他们在搜寻下一个技术热点。”
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。