snobbish

adjective
🔊/ˈsnɒbɪʃ/
🔊/ˈsnɑːbɪʃ/
(also informal snobby
🔊/ˈsnɒbi/
🔊/ˈsnɑːbi/
)
(disapproving)
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  1. thinking that having a high social class is very important; feeling that you are better than other people because you are more intelligent or like things that many people do not like势利的;自命不凡的
    Extra Examples
    • She was quite snobbish about pop culture.她对流行文化的态度很是势利。
    • He fell into the snobbish habit of connecting high social status with moral superiority.他养成了势利的习惯,以为社会地位高,道德水平就高。
    • Snobbish universities are rejecting some of the country's brightest students.势利的大学正在拒绝该国一些最聪明的学生。
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySnobbish is used with these nouns:
    • disdain
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