与自己社会地位相等的人,邻居;

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来自Jones,常见人名,-ese,人,词源同Chinese,Japanese.代指邻居,常见于习语keep up with Joneses,与人攀比,讲排场。
The urge to keep up with the Joneses is a phomenon that can be found everywhere in this country.
在这个国家,拼命与人斗富(与人攀比)的现象处处可见。
来源:provided by jukuu大学生攀比现象透视与引导策略研究
来源:互联网摘选The Joneses set the pace and their neighbors try to keep up with them.
琼斯一家带了头,邻居们尽力赶上他们.
来源:《简明英汉词典》But keeping up with the Joneses isn't the only way that money brings happiness.
攀比并不是让金钱带来快乐的唯一方式。
来源:互联网摘选Neighbours, keen to and overtake the Joneses, copied them – but on a larger scale.
热衷于赶超实力相当者的邻居开始复制他们的做法,而且规模更大.
来源:互联网摘选We spend the whole of our lives keeping up with our neighbors, the Joneses.
我们把我们的一辈子都用来和我们的邻居“琼斯一家人”攀比.
来源:互联网摘选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。
来源:互联网摘选The Joneses saw us across the hotel dining room and gave us the high sign.
琼斯一家人看到我们走过旅馆的餐厅时,向我们挥手招呼.
来源:互联网摘选Many people were holding down three jobs just to keep up with the Joneses.
许多人同时做3份工作只不过是为了和别人攀比。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The poor fellow went broke because his wife was always trying to keep up with the Joneses.
这个可怜的家伙破产了,因为他的妻子总是同左邻右舍比排场、比阔气。
来源:互联网摘选当你快马加鞭,只为跟上大步队的时候,问问大家都去哪,为什么那么匆忙?
来源:互联网摘选Keeping up with the Joneses is, like greed, a valuable spur to economic activity.
和贪婪一样,攀比是对经济活动的一种宝贵刺激。
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