status symbol
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- n.社會地位與財富的象征
- 網絡地位的象征;身份的象征;身份象征
詞形變化
復數:status symbols 同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | 社會地位與財富的象征a possession that people think shows their high social status and wealth |
| Exotic pets are the latest status symbol. 養珍禽異獸是表現社會地位的最時髦方式。 |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
But they were really expensive. I think they're something of a status symbol.
因為這雙鞋很貴,我覺得他們是社會地位的象徵。
The rare precious stamp is often a target of mad pursuit and adulation, and has become the object of wealth accumulation and status symbol.
珍惜郵票往往是人們瘋狂追捧的對象,已經成為了人們財富儲蓄和地位象征的對象。
Today, Buick is one of China's leading luxury-car brands and a status symbol for the young, upwardly mobile business elite.
現在,別克已經成為中國主要的汽車奢侈品牌之一,年輕的上流商界精英把它當成是一種身份地位的象征。
Another may be that the possession of such a weapon is a status symbol, so owners are reluctant to use it.
另一種可能是擁有這種武器是一種身份的象征,因此,業主都不愿意使用它。
The automobile had become more than a machine; it was a status symbol as well.
汽車成了不僅是個機器的玩意兒。它還是社會地位的象征。
Prada is considered to be among the most coveted brands in the world and is undoubtedly a celebrated status symbol.
普拉達是世界上最令人覬覦的品牌之一,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稱,這部分人大多來自南非和印度,在這些國家里汽車被視為身份地位的象征。
They value coffins as a status symbol and a spiritual way of remembering the deceased's job or personality.
他們將棺材視為死者社會地位及生前職業或人格的紀念和象征。
This post could have had the title "Wh- As a Status Symbol. "
這個帖子本該取名為“作為地位的象征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,津貼作為一個身份的象征在公司內外,并為高層提供節稅。
But for one of Asia's most eligible bachelors, the status symbol apparently had the wrong effect.
但對亞洲一位“鉆石王老五”來說,擁有象征著地位的保時捷似乎起到了事與愿違的作用。
For decades, it was the status symbol in African American communities.
幾十年來,在非洲裔美國人中,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.
家是個人品味與生活方式的一種體現,也是反映出主人在同齡人中的社會地位。
It's also a sort of status symbol around Apple's Cupertino, California, campus.
而且,它也有幾分蘋果加州庫比提諾大本營身份象征的意義。
Over the years, Hummer shifted from a brawny status symbol that drew attention on the road into an automotive pariah.
多年來,悍馬已從公路上人人側目的壯漢象征變成了汽車業的賤民。
Chinese youth switch phones so often in part due to the weight placed on the mobile phone as a status symbol.
中國年輕人更換手機如此頻繁部分原因是由于手機所象征的身分地位。
It is one of the highest honors in sports and a status symbol that can open doors both socially and professionally.
金牌代表著最高榮譽,能為運動員在職業生涯和社會生活中樹立身份和地位。
The price of the sneakers is seen as a status symbol behind bars, the department spokesman said.
管教局發言人稱,鞋子的價格在監獄中是一種地位的象征。
Clothing brand has become one occupational characteristics, quality of life, a status symbol, as the modern "free word business card. "
服裝的品牌已然成為人們職業特點、生活品位、身份地位的象征,成為現代人的“無字名片”。
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,消費者或許會在經濟低迷期將高價物品換成低價品;但中國的情況不同,汽車在那里作為身份象征的成分仍大于作為一種交通工具。
A community leader was , and often still is, expected to have severel wives as a status symbol.
一個社區領導經常希望有好幾個妻子以作為身份象征。
But spending money at the new complexes is a status symbol for many affluent urbanites, who are willing to pay ever-higher ticket prices.
但對于很多富足的城市人來說,在新建的電影院里花錢看電影是一種社會地位的象征,他們愿意支付日益升高的票價。
In China, air-conditioners are a status symbol, so Panasonic's are big and colourful enough to catch the neighbours' envious eyes.
在中國,空調是身份地位的象征,所以松下品牌足夠大而且色彩鮮艷,以吸引鄰居羨慕的眼光。
Status He bought the painting as a status symbol, not because he was particularly interested in.
他買那幅油畫是作為一種地位的象征,而并非對藝術有特別的興趣。
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.
汽車是不是你的身份標記:對于一些人來說汽車就是身份標志;而對另一些人來說汽車只是行動的工具。
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.
如果你沒有最新的蘋果手機,那意味著你就沒有你特殊的風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.
他買那副油畫是作為一種地位的象征,而并非對藝術有特別的興趣。
Box cars were the status symbol of my neighborhood as I grew up.
箱車是我的鄰居的身份象征,因為我長大了。
sports leisure as a status symbol by the middle class is wide- lv recognized.
運動休閑作為一種身份象征被中產階層廣泛認同。
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.
一些遠東地區的工業化國家,例如中國與日本,象牙也成為新中產階級的一個重要身份象徵。
Silicon Valley's newest status symbol is a humble piece of furniture.
件不起眼的家具成為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.
生意人手中奢華的特制手袋,為其生份地位象征。顯示他對精品的鑒賞及購買能力。
It's just a status symbol.
只是一個無意義的身份符號。
For one, it is more expensive than most American weeklies, adding to its status-symbol appeal.
其一,它比大多數美國周刊都貴,從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.
對于中國的富豪來說,世界頂級豪車似乎已經成為了一種身份的象征。
Maybe it's a status symbol in the Middle East or China, but I don't fit that.
也許在中東或者中國這是一個地位的象征,可它不適合我。
Mao considered it "decadent" . Now it has become a status symbol.
毛澤东曾認為這是“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.
關心環境應當比擁有汽車更能體現人的身份。
But he acknowledged that some will inevitably see The Economist as a status symbol.
但他承認,有些人難免會視《經濟學人》為身份象征。
A status symbol of anything but a high-performance vehicle.
高性能車成為一個人的社會地位的象征。