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

• I heard you got fired for being a snob.
  我听说你是因为一个小人被解雇了。
• Going to a private school had made her a snob
  上私立学校后，她变得很势利。
• She's a terrible snob.
  她是个极其势利的人。
• People want to buy designer labels for snob value.
  人们想买名牌是为了满足虚荣心。
• He is a snob who always slanders others in front of the emperor.
  他是个喜欢向皇帝进谗的小人。
• I was a thorough little academic snob
  我那时是个目空一切、自以为是的小学术愤青。
• 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。
• He is nothing but a snob.
  他就是个势利眼。
• She was an intellectual snob.
  她自以为才智高人一等。
• 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。