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1 词典释义:
keep up with the joneses
时间: 2025-04-29 17:09:09
英 [kiːp ʌp wɪð ðə ˈdʒəʊnzɪz]
美 [kip əp wɪð ði ˈdʒoʊnzəz]

idiom 与邻居攀比;与他人比阔气;追求与他人相同的生活水平;赶时髦;保持与他人同步

双语例句
  • Many people were holding down three jobs just to keep up with the Joneses.

    许多人做三份工作仅仅只是为了与他人攀比。

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  • On one hand, they want to keep up with the joneses and on the other hand, there's the snob effect.

    一方面他们想要赶上和自己地位相仿的人,另一方面又存在虚荣效应。

  • He tries to keep up with the Joneses.

    他努力维持一般的生活水准。

  • Don't try to keep up with the Joneses.

    不要跟人攀比。

  • People always want to keep up with the Joneses.

    人们总是想要跟别人比排场。

  • Edward is always trying to keep up with the Joneses.

    爱德华老是不断地和邻居比较。

  • I suppose they're trying to keep up with the Joneses.

    我猜想他们是要与别人比阔气哩。

  • That's true. And he tries to keep up with the Joneses.

    的确如此,而且他还要维持一般的生活水准。

  • I suppose they are trying to keep up with the Joneses.

    我想他们是为了要跟别人比排场。

  • Don't keep up with the Joneses. Actually, you are not bad.

    无论是着装还是个性,不可以和别人比,其实自己也不错。

  • Mr. and Mrs. Brown bought a new car simply to keep up with the Joneses.

    布朗夫妇买了一辆新车只是为了和邻居比富。

  • City slickers are more likely to keep up with the Joneses than the rural people.

    城市人的攀比心要比农村人强的多。

  • This "trickle-down consumption" appears to result from a desire to keep up with the Joneses.

    人们想要与收入地位相等者进行攀比的心态似乎引发了“涓滴型消费”现象的出现。

  • They have bought a house in the country. I suppose they're trying to keep up with the Joneses.

    他们在乡村买了栋房子。我猜想他们是要与别人攀比。

  • The urge to keep up with the Joneses is a phenomenon that can be found in almost every society.

    在任何社会里几乎都可以见 到极力与左邻右舍攀比的现象。

  • I see that they have bought a house in the country. I suppose they 're trying to keep up with the joneses.

    我注意到他们在乡村买了所房子。我猜想他们是要与别人比阔气哩。

  • Unfortunately, the desire to "keep up with the Joneses" left Britain with low interest rates and high inflation.

    不幸的是,这种赶时髦的做法使英镑低利率高膨胀。

  • You have to keep up with the joneses-literally, "Ben Jacobson, co-founder of Conifer Research, told the Wall Street Journal."

    (从事公司行为与文化研究的芝加哥公司)“常青研究”的联合创始人本·雅各布森在《华尔街日报》讲道。

  • Customers don't buy cars to have a vehicle to drive. They do it so they can keep up with the Joneses, get good gas mileage, or save money.

    顾客买车的目的并非仅仅是为了有辆车开,他们这样做是为了赶时髦,是为了买到省油的汽车,或为了省钱。

  • Advertising encourages consumers to "keep up with the Joneses", namely, it creates an acquisitive society and a demand for material things.

    广告鼓励长耗者攀比,换句话说,广告创制出一个贪婪的社会及对物量的需求。

  • 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,广告创造出一个贪婪的社会及对物质的需求。? 。

  • But while you're pushing the pedal to the metal just to keep up with the Joneses, ask where everybody's going and why they're in such a hurry.

    当你马不停蹄,只为跟上大队伍的时候,问问大家都去哪,为什么那么匆忙?

  • 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。

  • 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.

    这个社会曾经是个不会攀比的社会-因为我们不知道别人都有些什么同样也没有人了解我们的情况。