Joneses 英 [ˈdʒəʊnzɪz]   美 [ˈdʒoʊnzɪz]

Joneses

Joneses  英 [ˈdʒəʊnzɪz] 美 [ˈdʒoʊnzɪz]

n. 与自己社会地位相等的人;邻居 

Separate research found that owning the house of your dreams, the car you always longed for and having millions in the bank doesn’t stop that desire to keep up with the Joneses. 分开的研究发现,拥有理想中的房子,长期渴望的车和银行里存有几百万都不能停止你赶上你邻居的欲望。
Forget keeping up with the Joneses…they have skyrocketed to success and are now living uptown with a country club membership, and their children are in private schools. 忘了赶上那些富邻居们吗? ...他们飞黄腾达,住在小镇的住宅区并且是乡村俱乐部的会员,他们的孩子也在私立学校里学习。

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  • n. 与自己社会地位相等的人;邻居
  • 1. Separate research found that owning the house of your dreams, the car you always longed for and having millions in the bank doesn’t stop that desire to keep up with the Joneses.

    分开的研究发现,拥有理想中的房子,长期渴望的车和银行里存有几百万都不能停止你赶上你邻居的欲望。

  • 2. Forget keeping up with the Joneses…they have skyrocketed to success and are now living uptown with a country club membership, and their children are in private schools.

    忘了赶上那些富邻居们吗? ...他们飞黄腾达,住在小镇的住宅区并且是乡村俱乐部的会员,他们的孩子也在私立学校里学习。

  • 3. In the end we came up with a solution that, we hoped, allowed room for both the Mrs Dalloways and Bridget Joneses of this world.

    最后我们提出了一个解决方案,我们希望,为在这个世界里上的《 达尔维丝夫人 》和《 布里吉特·琼斯 》的也留有余地。

Joneses / ˈdʒəʊnzɪz ; NAmE ˈdʒoʊnzɪz / noun [plural ] IDIOM ˌkeep up with the ˈJoneses ( informal, often disapproving) to try to have all the possessions and social achievements that your friends and neighbours have (与朋友和邻居在物质和社会成就方面)攀比,比富有,比排场,比阔气 Joneses / ˈdʒəʊnzɪz ; NAmE ˈdʒoʊnzɪz /
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