snob
n.勢(shì)利的人
Snobs look down at their inferiors, but at one timesnobs looked up at their betters. The word snob, the ultimate origins of which are uncertain, is first found in 1781 in the sense shoemaker, cobbler,?a regional and informal usage. The word is recorded around 1796 in a slang usage particular to Cambridge University, "a townsman as opposed to a gownsman.?Both senses may have fed into the sense first found in 1831, " a member of the ordinary or lower classes.?Along with this sense went another (1838), "a person without proper breeding or taste.?From these two senses arose the sense first recorded in 1848, 揳 person who looks up to his or her social betters and tries to copy or associate with them.?We can see how this sense could blend into the other familiar sense, "one who looks down on those considered inferior"(1911).
勢(shì)利小人們都瞧不起不如他們的人，但有一段時(shí)間，勢(shì)利小人只是羨慕地位比他們高的人。 Snob這個(gè)詞最遠(yuǎn)的起源還不清楚，它第一次出現(xiàn)于1781年，意為“鞋匠，補(bǔ)鞋人”，這只是一種方言和非正式用法。1796年左右的記錄顯示，這個(gè)詞有一個(gè)專(zhuān)用于劍橋大學(xué)的俚語(yǔ)意思，“與貴族相對(duì)應(yīng)的普通市民”。這兩個(gè)意思都進(jìn)入了它第一次出現(xiàn)于1831年的“普通或低下階層中的一員”這個(gè)意思。這個(gè)意思與另一個(gè)意思平行(1838年）：“沒(méi)有良好教養(yǎng)和品味的人”。從這兩個(gè)意思發(fā)展來(lái)了“羨慕地位高于他（她）的人并盡量與之進(jìn)行聯(lián)系的人”這個(gè)意思，第一次記錄于1848年。然后，我們就能發(fā)現(xiàn)怎樣又從這個(gè)意思中派生出了其它我們熟悉的意思，即“瞧不起被認(rèn)為地位比自己低者的人”(1911年）
"snob is someone who judges all things, from shoes and dinner parties to love and beauty, according to their social rating" Tom Wolfe)
“勢(shì)利小人就是衡量一切事情都從他們的社會(huì)地位出發(fā)的人，從穿鞋和晚餐聚會(huì)到愛(ài)情和審美”(湯姆·沃爾夫)
snobbish
adj.
勢(shì)利的
Of, befitting, or resembling a snob; pretentious.
勢(shì)利的勢(shì)利小人的；與之有關(guān)或相象的；自命不凡的