
英:/'snɒb/ 美:/'snɑːb/
勢利小人
複數:snobs
CET6,GRE
n. 勢利小人,勢利眼;假内行
My neighbor, the old lady, is a snob.
我的鄰居老太太就是一個勢利眼。
These snobs are not worthy of help at all in his opinion.
這些勢利小人在他看來完全不值得幫助。
The musical snob was recognized through a glance.
這人假裝對音樂很在行,被人一眼識破了。
Why do I have to be the fussy snob?
為什麼我是挑剔的傲慢鬼
She's such a snob!
她竟是這樣一個勢利眼!
That Rob was a snob and a social climber could not be denied.
那個羅布是個勢利小人,喜歡攀龍附鳳——無可否定。
She was an intellectual snob.
她自诩才智高人一等。
She was a snob of the first order.
她是天字第一號勢利鬼。
There is a snob value in driving the latest model.
開最新款式的車能滿足一種庸俗的虛榮心。
n.|tuft-hunter;勢利小人,勢利眼;假内行
snob(勢利者)指因社會地位、財富或品味而表現出優越感,同時輕視自認為不如自己的人的個體。該詞帶有明顯貶義,強調基于外在條件而非内在品質的傲慢态度。
源自18世紀英國拉丁語短語 sine nobilitate(無貴族頭銜者)的縮寫 s.nob.,最初指非貴族背景者。後詞義反轉,演變為形容刻意模仿貴族階層、蔑視普通群體的人。現代定義包含三個關鍵點:
勢利行為常源于不安全感與身份焦慮。美國心理學家威廉·詹姆斯在《心理學原理》中指出,勢利者通過社會比較獲取虛假自尊,其優越感實質是對自我價值的補償心理。例如:
英國作家威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷在《勢利者集》(The Book of Snobs)中諷刺維多利亞時期攀附權貴的現象。當代案例如:
文化注:中文常譯為“勢利眼”,但英語中 snob 更側重文化品味的傲慢,而 snobbery(勢利行為)是其行為表現。
定義:"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."
《勢利行為的社會功能》(Social Functions of Snobbery)提出其本質是群體身份認同工具。
來源:Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol 99(6)
單詞解釋:snob
注意:該詞在不同語言中含義略有差異,如德語中強調"假紳士派頭"(),法語則指"趕時髦的人"()。
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