snobbery

snobbery

英 ['snɒb(ə)rɪ]
　　美 ['snɑbəri]

n. 勢利，諂上欺下；擺紳士架子；勢利的行為或語言

中文詞源：

snobbery 勢利行為

snob,勢利眼，-ery,表行為。

例句：

1. There was very little snobbery or class-consciousness in the wartime navy.
戰時的海軍中很少有勢利眼，階級意識也不強。

2. Isabelle is quick to refute any suggestion of intellectual snobbery.
伊莎貝爾對於任何關於她恃才傲物的暗示都迅速予以否認。

3. He is spoiled, arrogant and has a tendency towards snobbery.
他被寵壞瞭，傲慢無禮，而且經常自命不凡。

4. Jocelyn accused Dexter of snobbery.
喬斯琳指責德克斯特勢力.

5. Snobbery is not so common in English today as it was said fifty years ago.
如今"Snobbery"在英語中已不象50年前那麼普遍使用.