Joneses
发音
英 [ˈdʒəʊnzɪz]
美 [ˈdʒoʊnzɪz]
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- n.
- 与自己社会地位相等的人，邻居
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双语例句
- 1. Less stuff = less pressure to keep up with the joneses .
- 拥有越少=越少跟邻居攀比的压力。
- 2. The joneses have two boys and a girl .
- 琼斯一家有两个男孩儿一个女孩儿。
- 3. Advertising encourages consumers to " keep up with the joneses " , namely , it creates an acquisitive society and a demand for material things .
- 广告鼓励消费者攀比，换句话说，广告创造出一个渴望获取的社会及对物质的需求。
- 4. This is about outdoing the joneses .
- 倒是关于你可以比左邻右舍更阔气了。
- 5. She is the sort of girl who likes keeping up wiht the joneses .
- 她走那种爱赶时髦的姑娘。