and potter「s chances of finding a husband were further reduced by her mother」s snobbish insistence that she not marry into 「trade」.
如此而来,波特便很难找到如意郎君,便是如此,她的势利母亲还坚决反对她嫁给商人。
i admit that i can be snobbish and i can harbour a sense of superiority at times.
我承认我有时候会势利,有时会有一种优越感。
things that are very popular are not taken seriously, because the snobbish side of one says, 「well, if everyone likes it it can「t be that good.」
非常流行的东西总不会受到尊重,因为每个人身上势利的那一面会说,「啊,如果每个人都喜欢,那就不会有这么好了。」
it」s become snobbish. it「s become a snobbish culture.
这些变得势利起来,这正成为一种势利的文化。
snobbish knob is doing his hobby in the lobby.
势利的球形门柄正在大堂里做他的嗜好。
one is almost tempted to add ; there is nothing about which men cannot feel snobbish .
几乎很想加上一句:没有什么东西不能引起人的势利感。
everyone was annoyed by his snobbish attitude.
每个人都对他势利的态度反感。
the most successful stores have used this expertise to create a sense of community far removed from the stereotypical shop staffed by snobbish music nerds.
最成功的唱片店利用在这方面专业精神来创造一种社区感,脱离了从前人们对唱片店员工的刻板印象:眼睛长在脑门上的音乐疯子。
in the 1980s many british academics were as snobbish about commerce as argentina’s are now.
在90世纪80年代许多英国研究学者和现在的阿根廷一样都自命不凡。
one such diamond in the rough is kyril bonfiglioli」s 「the mortdecai trilogy」, a set of three crime novels starring a charmingly snobbish art dealer, originally published in the 1970s.
库里尔?邦飞利的「mortdecai三部曲」就是这样一部未经雕琢的鉆石。 20世纪70年代由一个势力的艺术商人出版的三个罪犯领衔主演的小说集。
this was often a nakedly snobbish observation, accompanied by the comment that the british colonists who went to kenya tended to be officers, whereas those settling in southern rhodesia were ncos.
这种说法通常暴露出势利小人眼中的世界,他们认为那些前往肯尼亚的英国殖民者都会成为长官,而那些被派遣进驻南罗得西亚的仅有着军士的身份。
it may cause the infj to come off as too strongly opinionated or snobbish to others.
这可能导致infj表现的太强烈的固执己见或者对别人势利。
「i am not a snobbish boss,」he said to benjamin, 「i'd like to help you out of trouble.」
我不是一个势利的老板,「他对本杰民说:」我愿意帮助你摆脱困境。"
「in britain, cinema still has generally a low cultural value, and in india it is a snobbish thing to look down on bollywood,」 dr bhugra laments.
他满心遗憾地说,「在英国,电影一般仍然只有较低的文化价值,而在印度,人人都自命不凡地轻视宝莱坞。」