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snob AHD[snŏb] D.J.[snɒb]K.K.[snɑb]n.（名词）- One who overtly imitates, obsequiously admires, and offensively seeks to associate only with those one regards as one's superiors and who tends to rebuff or ignore altogether those one regards as one's inferiors:势利小人：对自以为地位高于自己的人竭力追随，露骨的赞美或拼命与之建立联系，而对自认为地位比自己低的人则完全忽视或者欺侮的人："A snob is someone who judges all things, from shoes and dinner parties to love and beauty, according to their social rating"(Tom Wolfe)“势利小人就是衡量一切事情都从他们的社会地位出发的人，从穿鞋和晚餐聚会到爱情和审美”(汤姆·沃尔夫)
- One who affects an offensive air of self-satisfied superiority in matters of taste or intellect.自命不凡者：在品味或智力方面，作出一派自鸣得意，自以为了不起从而使人十分厌恶之人
- Earlier snob [cobbler, lower-class person, person who aspires to social prominence] 较早期 snob [补鞋匠，低阶层人物，追求显著社会地位的人]
snobʹby adj.（形容词）注释- Snobs look down at their inferiors,but at one timesnobs looked up at their betters.The wordsnob, the ultimate origins of which are uncertain, is first found in 1781in the sense "shoemaker, cobbler,”a regional and informal usage.The word is recorded around 1796in a slang usage particular to Cambridge University, "a townsman as opposed to a gownsman.”Both senses may have fed into the sense first found in 1831, "a member of the ordinary or lower classes.”Along with this sense went another (1838), "a person without proper breeding or taste.”From these two senses arose the sense first recorded in 1848, "a person who looks up to his or her social betters and tries to copy or associate with them.”We can see how this sense could blend into the other familiar sense,"one who looks down on those considered inferior" (1911).势利小人们都瞧不起不如他们的人，但有一段时间，势利小人只是羡慕地位比他们高的人。Snob 这个词最远的起源还不清楚， 它第一次出现于1781年，意为“鞋匠，补鞋人”，这只是一种方言和非正式用法。1796年左右的记录显示，这个词有一个专用于剑桥大学的俚语意思，“与贵族相对应的普通市民”。这两个意思都进入了它第一次出现于1831年的“普通或低下阶层中的一员”这个意思。这个意思与另一个意思平行(1838年）：“没有良好教养和品味的人”。从这两个意思发展来了“羡慕地位高于他（她）的人并尽量与之进行联系的人”这个意思，第一次记录于1848年。然后，我们就能发现怎样又从这个意思中派生出了其它我们熟悉的意思，即“瞧不起被认为地位比自己低者的人”(1911年）
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