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

• 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！
• 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

• 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

英英释义

noun

• a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
  Synonym:prigsnotsnoot

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You chaps know me. I'm no snob. Right?
  你了解我的，我不是势力的人，对吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。