中英互译
joneses
英 /ˈdʒəʊnzɪz/美 /ˈdʒoʊnzɪz/
基本释义
- n.邻居;与自己社会地位相等的人
双语例句
- The Joneses make a big deal out of being "different."琼斯一家子把“与众不同”看作是了不得的事。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- Many people were holding down three jobs just to keep up with the Joneses.许多人做三份工作仅仅只是为了与他人攀比。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- On one hand, they want to keep up with the joneses and on the other hand, there's the snob effect.一方面他们想要赶上和自己地位相仿的人,另一方面又存在虚荣效应。
相关短语
- dow jones道琼斯股票
- dow jones industrial average道琼斯工业平均指数
- dow jones newswires道琼斯通讯社
- tommy lee jones汤米·李·琼斯(美国著名男演员)
- paul jones保罗·琼斯(苏格兰裔的美国海军军官,军事家)
- The Joneses模范家庭;琼斯一家人;广告一家人;琼斯一家
- keep up with the Joneses赶上琼斯家;跟别人比阔;赶时髦;与他人攀比
- Keeping Up with the Joneses邻家大贱谍;向邻居看齐;跟上琼斯;间谍大邻演
- catching up with the Joneses追赶时髦;攀比效应;消费攀比
- The Realistic Joneses现实的爱炫富的邻居
同义词
英英释义
- n.United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
- n.United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train; a friend wrote a famous ballad describing the incident (1864-1900)
- n.United States golfer (1902-1971)
- n.American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792)
- n.one of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652)
- n.English phonetician (1881-1967)