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be snobbish
指为人高傲、看不起人；通常含贬义。
People think she is snobbish, but she is just shy.
人们觉得她很势利，但其实她只是害羞。
势利的；自命不凡的
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势利的；自命不凡的
having or showing a snobbish attitude; looking down on those regarded as socially inferior
People think she is snobbish, but she is just shy.
人们觉得她很势利，但其实她只是害羞。
具有势利特征的；傲慢自大,自命不凡,对自认不如自己的人表现出优越感或轻蔑。
Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.
具有社会排他性和拒绝被认为低劣者的特征
befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
She found his snobbish comments about her hometown very rude.
她觉得他对自己家乡那些势利的评论非常无礼。
It's snobbish to look down on people who earn less than you.
看不起收入比你低的人是势利的。
The manager was snobbish and never greeted the office cleaners.
那位经理很势利，从不跟办公室的清洁工打招呼。
指为人高傲、看不起人；通常含贬义。
People think she is snobbish, but she is just shy.
人们觉得她很势利，但其实她只是害羞。
towards也可写作toward，后接被看不起的对象。
The shop assistant was snobbish towards the poorly dressed customer.
店员对衣着寒酸的顾客很势利。
常见搭配名词有attitude, manner, look等。
Her snobbish attitude made her unpopular at work.
她势利的态度使她在工作中不受欢迎。
Not this
He is a snobbish.
Use this
He is a snob.
snobbish 是形容词，不能放在冠词 a 后面作名词；要表示“势利鬼”应用名词 snob。
Not this
He is very snob.
Use this
He is very snobbish.
snob 是名词，不能受 very 修饰；其形容词形式是 snobbish。
Not this
He is snobbish to his classmates.
Use this
He is snobbish toward his classmates.
受汉语“对某人势利”影响误用 to；表示对人势利时英语用 toward/towards。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
势利的态度
His snobbish attitude toward the waiters embarrassed his date.
他对侍者摆出的势利态度让约会对象很尴尬。
对……很势利；对……自命不凡
She is snobbish about modern art and dismisses most of it.
她对现代艺术很自命不凡，认为大多数作品不值一提。
势利的言论
He made a snobbish remark about the neighborhood we live in.
他对我们住的社区发表了一番势利的评论。
有点势利的
The manager can be a bit snobbish toward new customers.
那位经理对新顾客可能有点势利。
势利的行为
Her snobbish behavior at the party annoyed everyone.
她在聚会上的势利行为惹恼了所有人。
Use snobbish naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把snobbish拆成snob（势利小人）加-ish；想象一个snob鼻子朝天，对“下等人”翻白眼，就是势利、自命不凡的样子。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、人物描写、社交评论 snobbish 属于常用形容词，通常没有明显的正式或非正式限制，日常对话和一般书面语中都较常见。多用于形容某人因社会地位、财富或品位而轻视他人，常带有贬义。
发音说明：slobbish (/ˈslɑbɪʃ/) 与 snobbish 押韵，两者都以重读元音 /ɑ/ 加上 /bɪʃ/ 结尾。其余词只是拼写结尾同为 -ish，发音并不押韵：rubbish 读 /ˈrʌbɪʃ/，childish 读 /ˈtʃaɪldɪʃ/，foolish 读 /ˈfuːlɪʃ/，selfish 读 /ˈsɛlfɪʃ/，stylish 读 /ˈstaɪlɪʃ/。特别注意拼写相似的 rubbish，结尾同为 -bbish，但发音不同。
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