status symbol
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- n.社会地位与财富的象征
- 网络地位的象征;身份的象征;身份象征
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复数:status symbols 同义词
英汉双解
1. | 社会地位与财富的象征a possession that people think shows their high social status and wealth |
| Exotic pets are the latest status symbol. 养珍禽异兽是表现社会地位的最时髦方式。 |
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例句
But they were really expensive. I think they're something of a status symbol.
因为这双鞋很贵,我觉得他们是社会地位的象徵。
The rare precious stamp is often a target of mad pursuit and adulation, and has become the object of wealth accumulation and status symbol.
珍惜邮票往往是人们疯狂追捧的对象,已经成为了人们财富储蓄和地位象征的对象。
Today, Buick is one of China's leading luxury-car brands and a status symbol for the young, upwardly mobile business elite.
现在,别克已经成为中国主要的汽车奢侈品牌之一,年轻的上流商界精英把它当成是一种身份地位的象征。
Another may be that the possession of such a weapon is a status symbol, so owners are reluctant to use it.
另一种可能是拥有这种武器是一种身份的象征,因此,业主都不愿意使用它。
The automobile had become more than a machine; it was a status symbol as well.
汽车成了不仅是个机器的玩意儿。它还是社会地位的象征。
Prada is considered to be among the most coveted brands in the world and is undoubtedly a celebrated status symbol.
普拉达是世界上最令人觊觎的品牌之一,并毋庸疑是知名身份的象征。
The majority of these buyers were in South Africa and India, where cars are regarded as a status symbol, Synovate said.
Synovate称,这部分人大多来自南非和印度,在这些国家里汽车被视为身份地位的象征。
They value coffins as a status symbol and a spiritual way of remembering the deceased's job or personality.
他们将棺材视为死者社会地位及生前职业或人格的纪念和象征。
This post could have had the title "Wh- As a Status Symbol. "
这个帖子本该取名为“作为地位的象征wh-”的。
Besides, perks serve as a status symbol inside and outside the company and provide a tax saving to the executives.
除此之外,津贴作为一个身份的象征在公司内外,并为高层提供节税。
But for one of Asia's most eligible bachelors, the status symbol apparently had the wrong effect.
但对亚洲一位“钻石王老五”来说,拥有象征着地位的保时捷似乎起到了事与愿违的作用。
For decades, it was the status symbol in African American communities.
几十年来,在非洲裔美国人中,卡迪拉克都是身份地位的象征。
The home is an expression of individual taste and style to society at large, as much as a status symbol among peers.
家是个人品味与生活方式的一种体现,也是反映出主人在同龄人中的社会地位。
It's also a sort of status symbol around Apple's Cupertino, California, campus.
而且,它也有几分苹果加州库比提诺大本营身份象征的意义。
Over the years, Hummer shifted from a brawny status symbol that drew attention on the road into an automotive pariah.
多年来,悍马已从公路上人人侧目的壮汉象征变成了汽车业的贱民。
Chinese youth switch phones so often in part due to the weight placed on the mobile phone as a status symbol.
中国年轻人更换手机如此频繁部分原因是由于手机所象征的身分地位。
It is one of the highest honors in sports and a status symbol that can open doors both socially and professionally.
金牌代表着最高荣誉,能为运动员在职业生涯和社会生活中树立身份和地位。
The price of the sneakers is seen as a status symbol behind bars, the department spokesman said.
管教局发言人称,鞋子的价格在监狱中是一种地位的象征。
Clothing brand has become one occupational characteristics, quality of life, a status symbol, as the modern "free word business card. "
服装的品牌已然成为人们职业特点、生活品位、身份地位的象征,成为现代人的“无字名片”。
Consumers in other markets may trade down during a slowdown; not in China, where cars remain a status symbol more than a means of transport.
在其它地方,消费者或许会在经济低迷期将高价物品换成低价品;但中国的情况不同,汽车在那里作为身份象征的成分仍大于作为一种交通工具。
A community leader was , and often still is, expected to have severel wives as a status symbol.
一个社区领导经常希望有好几个妻子以作为身份象征。
But spending money at the new complexes is a status symbol for many affluent urbanites, who are willing to pay ever-higher ticket prices.
但对于很多富足的城市人来说,在新建的电影院里花钱看电影是一种社会地位的象征,他们愿意支付日益升高的票价。
In China, air-conditioners are a status symbol, so Panasonic's are big and colourful enough to catch the neighbours' envious eyes.
在中国,空调是身份地位的象征,所以松下品牌足够大而且色彩鲜艳,以吸引邻居羡慕的眼光。
Status He bought the painting as a status symbol, not because he was particularly interested in.
他买那幅油画是作为一种地位的象征,而并非对艺术有特别的兴趣。
Whether a car is a status symbol: For some people a car is a sign of stature, while for others it is simply a means of getting around.
汽车是不是你的身份标记:对于一些人来说汽车就是身份标志;而对另一些人来说汽车只是行动的工具。
If you don't have the latest iPhone, you won't have your geek cred or status symbol, and you'll be jealous of those who do.
如果你没有最新的苹果手机,那意味着你就没有你特殊的风格和身份地位的象征。
He bought the painting as a status symbol, not because he was particular interested in art.
他买那副油画是作为一种地位的象征,而并非对艺术有特别的兴趣。
Box cars were the status symbol of my neighborhood as I grew up.
箱车是我的邻居的身份象征,因为我长大了。
sports leisure as a status symbol by the middle class is wide- lv recognized.
运动休闲作为一种身份象征被中产阶层广泛认同。
Ivory also became an important status symbol among the new middle class in the industrial countries of the Far East such as China and Japan.
一些远东地区的工业化国家,例如中国与日本,象牙也成为新中产阶级的一个重要身份象徵。
Silicon Valley's newest status symbol is a humble piece of furniture.
件不起眼的家具成为硅谷最新的身份象征。
A businessman's luxe designer handbag is a status symbol, showing he appreciates - and can afford - fine things.
生意人手中奢华的特制手袋,为其生份地位象征。显示他对精品的鉴赏及购买能力。
It's just a status symbol.
只是一个无意义的身份符号。
For one, it is more expensive than most American weeklies, adding to its status-symbol appeal.
其一,它比大多数美国周刊都贵,从而增加了其身份象征的吸引力。
The world's top luxury vehicles are a status symbol for China's nouveau riche, writes Jonathan Watts in Beijing.
对于中国的富豪来说,世界顶级豪车似乎已经成为了一种身份的象征。
Maybe it's a status symbol in the Middle East or China, but I don't fit that.
也许在中东或者中国这是一个地位的象征,可它不适合我。
Mao considered it "decadent" . Now it has become a status symbol.
毛泽东曾认为这是“腐朽”,而今倒成了身份的象征。
Caring for the environment should be a bigger status symbol than driving a car.
关心环境应当比拥有汽车更能体现人的身份。
But he acknowledged that some will inevitably see The Economist as a status symbol.
但他承认,有些人难免会视《经济学人》为身份象征。
A status symbol of anything but a high-performance vehicle.
高性能车成为一个人的社会地位的象征。