- the attitudes and behaviour of people who are snobs势利态度(或行为);自以为优越的态度(或行为)
- intellectual snobbery智力上的自我优越感
see also inverted snobberyExtra Examples- She faced the twin barriers of class snobbery and racial discrimination.她遭遇了阶级势利和种族歧视两大障碍。
- his snobbery about mixing with people from other classes他对与其他阶层的人交往的势利态度
- snobbery towards electronic music认为电子音乐不值一听的态度
- the elitism and social snobbery of the art world艺术界的精英优越感和社会势利
- She quickly ran up against snobbery and prejudice.她很快就遭遇到歧视和偏见。
- We have to overcome a degree of snobbery about diesel cars.我们得要克服在一定程度上瞧不起柴油汽车的心态。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cultural
- intellectual
- musical
- …
preposition- snobbery about
- snobbery towards/toward
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