
英:/'snɒb/ 美:/'snɑːb/
势利小人
复数:snobs
CET6,GRE
n. 势利小人,势利眼;假内行
My neighbor, the old lady, is a snob.
我的邻居老太太就是一个势利眼。
These snobs are not worthy of help at all in his opinion.
这些势利小人在他看来完全不值得帮助。
The musical snob was recognized through a glance.
这人假装对音乐很在行,被人一眼识破了。
Why do I have to be the fussy snob?
为什么我是挑剔的傲慢鬼
She's such a snob!
她竟是这样一个势利眼!
That Rob was a snob and a social climber could not be denied.
那个罗布是个势利小人,喜欢攀龙附凤——无可否定。
She was an intellectual snob.
她自诩才智高人一等。
She was a snob of the first order.
她是天字第一号势利鬼。
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。
n.|tuft-hunter;势利小人,势利眼;假内行
snob(势利者)指因社会地位、财富或品味而表现出优越感,同时轻视自认为不如自己的人的个体。该词带有明显贬义,强调基于外在条件而非内在品质的傲慢态度。
源自18世纪英国拉丁语短语 sine nobilitate(无贵族头衔者)的缩写 s.nob.,最初指非贵族背景者。后词义反转,演变为形容刻意模仿贵族阶层、蔑视普通群体的人。现代定义包含三个关键点:
势利行为常源于不安全感与身份焦虑。美国心理学家威廉·詹姆斯在《心理学原理》中指出,势利者通过社会比较获取虚假自尊,其优越感实质是对自我价值的补偿心理。例如:
英国作家威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷在《势利者集》(The Book of Snobs)中讽刺维多利亚时期攀附权贵的现象。当代案例如:
文化注:中文常译为“势利眼”,但英语中 snob 更侧重文化品味的傲慢,而 snobbery(势利行为)是其行为表现。
定义:"A person with an exaggerated respect for high social position or wealth who seeks to associate with social superiors and looks down on those considered socially inferior."
"a person who respects and likes only people who are of a high social class, and/or a person who has extremely high standards who is not satisfied by the things that ordinary people like."
《势利行为的社会功能》(Social Functions of Snobbery)提出其本质是群体身份认同工具。
来源:Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol 99(6)
单词解释:snob
注意:该词在不同语言中含义略有差异,如德语中强调"假绅士派头"(),法语则指"赶时髦的人"()。
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