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

• 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。
• 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。”
• 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。
• 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。
• He always looked down his nose at snobs.
  他一向瞧不起势利小人。
• The latter prize quickly inspired the tin can, more of a blessing than food snobs might acknowledge.
  后一个奖项很快便催生出听装罐头，它带来的好处比食品界那些假内行所认可的更多。
• 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？
• What nasty little snobs you all are
  你们全都是些可恶的势利小人。
• 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。
• 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。