Under pressure of the myth, we become indulged in status symbols: we try to live in the "right" neighborhoods, wear the "right" clothes, eat the "right" foods.

在神话故事的压力下，我们变得沉迷于一些地位的象征：我们会试着住在“合适”的社区，穿“合适”的衣服，吃“合适”的食物。

Blackberries aren't status symbols.

黑莓不再是地位的象征。

We don’t need status symbols anymore.

我们再也不需要什么地位的象征来证明自己了。

They are flashy creatures, status symbols.

他们是华丽丽的玩意儿，是身份的象征。

The competition for such status symbols only becomes more intense.

对于这种仅仅是地位象征的竞争变得越发疯狂。

We compete for profits, positions in a corporation, status symbols, space.

我们为了利益去竞争，为了公司中的职位竞争，为了身份标志、生存空间等去竞争。

As wealth grows, the competition for such status symbols only becomes more intense.

随着财富的增长，这种对地位象征的竞争变得越来越激烈。

LCD Screen: Displays current channel selection and other radio status symbols.

液晶显现屏：显现目前的频道挑选和其他电台的位置意味。

Many men still see their cars as status symbols and use their cars to impress others.

很多男性仍视其车为地位的象征，并用车引起他人的注目。

The wells become status symbols, included by many families in their daughters' dowries.

这些水井变成了社会地位的象征，甚至可以作为许多家庭女儿的嫁妆。

Like we do, dogs live their lives on display; they are flashy creatures, status symbols.

和人一样，狗儿们的生活是台面儿上的东西；他们是华丽丽的玩意儿，是身份的象征。

The engagement ring has long been one of the most potent status symbols a woman can wear.

长久以来，订婚戒指都是女人能戴在身上的优越身份象征。

Are we looking here at one of the oldest of all status symbols; the expression of a social pecking order?

我们是否正面对着人类最古老的地位象征物品之一？代表着一个社会的尊卑秩序？

Jon Butler, of Envirofone, said: ‘The latest phones have become status symbols which look flash but aren’t fully utilised.’

Envirofone的乔恩巴特勒说：“最新手机已经变成了身份的象征，看起来很炫但没有充分利用。”

Maybe he was ostensibly successful-displaying his status symbols as if they were trophies-but he wasn't actually successful.

也许他表面上看是成功的-就像展示奖杯一样，展示着那些象征他身份地位的东西-但其实他并不成功。

Why they're there isn't clear, but a good guess is that they were status symbols – the lakeside estates of the prehistoric elite.

建造原因已不可考，我们猜测有这些人工岛可能是身份地位的象征，标志了古代精英们拥有的湖畔地产。

Taurus people are into status symbols, not only to impress others, but because they genuinely appreciate the best life has to offer.

金牛座的人是社会地位的象征：不仅因为他们能打动身边的人，而且会很真诚地感激生活所给予的一切。

These illnesses are the tragic consequences of the national penchant in Japan for turning things cute and cuddly into social status symbols.

日本人生性酷好把可爱和讨人喜欢的东西变成社会地位象徵，这些疾病便是悲剧性的后遗症。

Carriers are primarily peacetime status symbols. They are too vulnerable to modern weapons and detection systems to risk in a major conflict.

航母作为当今和平时期的一种象征而已，在遭遇大型战场时，它因为无法配备先进的武器装备和侦测系统而变得非常容易遭受攻击。

Research has found that older men still see their cars as status symbols and an extension of themselves and use their cars to impress others.

研究发现年龄较大的男性仍视其车为地位的象征和他们自己的延伸，并用车引起他人的注目。

In some of the biggest cities especially, mobile phones are often seen as status symbols and high-end cellphones typically cost upwards of 3, 000 yuan.

尤其是在一些大城市，手机常被视为是身份的象征，高端手机的价格一般都在3,000元以上。

And then it's a great leveller, literally stripping away the status symbols of clothing at a time when we all want to get back to the essentials in life.

这还是一种天下大平，每个人都脱去那些象征身份地位的衣服，回归生活的本质。

The few ancient courtyard houses that survived destruction have become coveted status symbols for the country's growing upper class and for wealthy foreign investors.

在过去城市建筑更替过程中保存下来为数不多的老四合院，现在成为了这个国家正在兴起的上流社会以及一些富有的外国投资者们身份地位的象征。

Image is everything to your boss. Taurus people are into status symbols, not only to impress others, but because they genuinely appreciate the best life has to offer.

金牛座的人是社会地位的象征：不仅因为他们能打动身边的人，而且会很真诚地感激生活所给予的一切。

Traditional healers adopted them for injecting their decoctions, and they became status symbols; a study in Uganda in the 1960s found that 80 percent of families owned one.

传统医生用它们注射自己熬制的药，而这很快成了社会地位的象征。乌干达上个世纪60年代的一份调查显示80%的家庭都有一支注射器。