英语释义

1. to have a strong desire or craving for something
he was jonesing for a drink

2. an avid desire or appetite for something craving

3. habit, addiction especially addiction to heroin

4. heroin

5. Anson 1798–1858 president of the Republic of Texas (1844–46)

6. Howard Mumford 1892–1980 American educator and critic

7. 1573–1652 English architect

8. John Paul 1747–1792 originally in full John Paul American (Scottish-born) naval officer

9. Quincy 1933– American composer, bandleader, and producer

10. to have a very strong desire for something or to do something

11. a very strong desire for something or to do something

片语

vicinage近邻，附近；接近，亲近

The JonesesThe Joneses were a punk rock band from Southern Californi Founded in 1981 by guitarist and singer Jeff Drake, the band included numerous players over the year

Jean of the Joneses琼斯的简

The Giants and the Joneses巨人和邻居们

keeuwith the joneses与他人攀比

neighbor邻居

Keeping Up with the JonesesKeeping up with the Joneses is an Australian reality television series that follows the life of a family on a Cattle Station, Coolibah,600?km south-west of Darwin, Northern Territory. The show follows the daily lives of the Jones family as they muster cattle, fight fires, battle floods and even wrestle crocodile

leapfrogging over the joneses同等反而鼓励底层消费者追求炫耀性消费

The Realistic Joneses现实的爱炫富的邻居

A Visit with Joneses琼丝时访

keep up with the Joneses赶上别人；与…攀比，比阔气

英汉例句

• There was once a day that we did not try to keep up with the Joneses - because we didn’t know what the Joneses had and no one knew what we had.

  以前的社会曾是个不攀比的社会—因为我们不知道别人有什么，别人也不知道我们有什么。

• While keeping up with the Joneses is part of American culture, comparing ourselves with others can be damaging to happiness and self-esteem.

  向邻居看齐是美国文化的一部分，然而与他人攀比会损害我们的快乐和自尊。

• In the end we came up with a solution that, we hoped, allowed room for both the Mrs Dalloways and Bridget Joneses of this world.

  最后我们提出了一个解决方案，我们希望，为在这个世界里上的《达尔·维丝夫人》和《布里吉特·琼斯》的也留有余地。

• It seems that the Bridget Joneses of the world are in the minority, and this may help explain why studies show that three out of four teen girls are happy with their bodies.

  世界上的布里奇·琼斯（《BJ单身日记》里的女主角：译者注）还是占少数的，这可以帮助我们解释为什么研究结果显示四分之三的青春期女孩对自己的身体表示满意。

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