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snobbery about sth
about 后接招人轻视的事物，该结构常用于表达对某事的偏见。
There is a lot of snobbery about vocational training.
人们对职业培训存在很多势利看法。
势利；势利行为
snobberies — plural of snobbery
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势利；势利行为
the trait of condescending to those of lower social status
There is a lot of snobbery about vocational training.
人们对职业培训存在很多势利看法。
势利；势利的品性。
The property or trait of being a snob.
Her snobbery made it difficult for her to make friends at the new school.
她的势利使她很难在新学校交到朋友。
He left the club because he could not stand the snobbery of some members.
他退出了那个俱乐部，因为他无法忍受某些成员的势利行为。
The way she spoke to the hotel staff was pure snobbery.
她跟酒店员工说话的方式完全是势利。
about 后接招人轻视的事物，该结构常用于表达对某事的偏见。
There is a lot of snobbery about vocational training.
人们对职业培训存在很多势利看法。
towards 也可写作 toward，这里表示对某人所持的傲慢态度。
Her snobbery towards the cleaner was obvious to everyone.
她对清洁工的势利态度大家有目共睹。
该结构用 of 指出势利行为来自哪个群体或领域。
The snobbery of the art world can be intimidating for new collectors.
艺术界的势利会让新收藏家望而生畏。
Not this
He is very snobbery.
Use this
He is very snobbish.
snobbery 是名词，表示“势利（态度）”，放在 be 动词后需要改用形容词 snobbish；中文“他很势利”中的“势利”对应英语形容词。
Not this
He is a snobbery.
Use this
He is a snob.
snobbery 指势利的行为或态度，不能指人；指“势利眼的人”要用 snob。
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反向势利
His preference for state schools is pure inverted snobbery.
他偏爱公立学校纯粹是反向势利。
对……的势利态度
There is a certain snobbery about organic food.
人们对有机食品有一种势利态度。
智力上的势利
She accused him of intellectual snobbery when he dismissed popular fiction.
当他贬低流行小说时，她指责他智力上的势利。
阶级势利
Class snobbery still exists in many workplaces.
阶级势利在许多工作场所仍然存在。
一丝势利
He had a streak of snobbery that surprised his friends.
他有一种让朋友们惊讶的势利劲儿。
反向势利（鄙视上层社会，崇尚下层社会）
Refusing to wear designer clothes is her own form of inverted snobbery.
拒绝穿名牌服装是她自己的一种反向势利。
势利是那些对自己的地位不确定的人的骄傲。
This famous line from Bertrand Russell's The Conquest of Happiness is often quoted to describe how snobbery hides insecurity.
这句出自伯特兰·罗素《幸福之路》的名言常被引用来说明势利掩盖的是不安全感。
Use snobberies naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：snob（势利小人）扬着下巴摆架子，对地位低的人一脸不屑——snobbery 就是这种瞧不起人的做派。
语域：neutral 常见场景：社会评论、行为评价、文化讨论 snobbery 通常指因社会地位、财富等而看不起他人的态度或行为，多用于书面或比较正式的讨论中。日常口语中也会使用，但正式的评论和文章里更常见。
通常泛指“势利”这一品行；在强调具体势利行为或表现时可用复数形式 snobberies。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.