2022年7月16日 星期六

snob, snobbery, INVERTED SNOBBERY. kindle, be out of (the ) woods, rowdy beer pong




INVERTED SNOBBERY在劍橋英語詞典中的解釋及翻譯
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2022年6月8日 — Your inverted snobbery is showing. It's often inverted snobbery - people look at you and think ugh, posh school and Oxford. 見. inverted snob.


inverted snob中文(繁體)翻譯:劍橋詞典
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a person who makes it known that they do not like things related to high social position but approve of things related to low social position.


Although the electronic reader has been around for years, I finally bought one last week — in this case a Kindle from Amazon.com. Some computer snobs tend to dismiss the Kindle, or its chief competitor, the Sony Reader, as not being quite there yet.


Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili claims that Russian attacks on his country are continuing, a charge the Kremlin calls a provocation. Speaking in Brussels, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer confirmed that Georgia remains on track to become a full member of the western alliance, despite worries that Tbilisi's conflict with Moscow could rekindle East-West tensions.

Analysts and investors have had nearly four months to think about whether Countrywide Financial can survive the credit crunch. Their conclusion? It is too early to tell.



The War Against Beer Pong

By MEAGHAN HAIRE
A campaign to outlaw rowdy drinking games at colleges and in towns is growing, even targeting the video-game industry

rowdy
adjective DISAPPROVING
noisy and possibly violent:
a rowdy party
rowdy behaviour

Wikipedia article "Beer pong (paddles)".



be out of (the ) woods INFORMAL
to no longer be in danger or difficulty:
The club has been given funding for another year, but it's not out of the wood yet.

kindle
1 [T] to cause a fire to start burning by lighting paper, wood etc.

2 [T often passive] LITERARY to cause strong feelings or ideas in someone:
Her imagination was kindled by the exciting stories her grandmother told her.

kindling
small dry sticks or other materials used to start a fire


snob
noun [C] MAINLY DISAPPROVING 或譯 勢利眼
a person who respects and likes only people who are of a high social class, and/or a person who has extremely high standards who is not satisfied by the things that ordinary people like:
He's a frightful snob - if you haven't been to the right school he probably won't even speak to you.
I'm afraid I'm a bit of a wine snob/a snob where wine is concerned.

snobbish
adjective (INFORMAL snobby) DISAPPROVING
like a snob:
My brother is very snobbish about cars.

snobbishly
adverb (ALSO snobbily) DISAPPROVING
in a snobbish way

snobbery 
noun [U] (ALSO snobbishness) DISAPPROVING
behaviour and opinions that are typical of a snob:
She accused me of snobbery because I sent my sons to a private school.

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