status symbol

英 [ˈsteɪtəs sɪmbl]

美 [ˈsteɪtəs sɪmbl]

n.  社会地位与财富的象征

牛津词典

noun

• 社会地位与财富的象征
  a possession that people think shows their high social status and wealth
  1. Exotic pets are the latest status symbol.
     养珍禽异兽是表现社会地位的最时髦方式。

柯林斯词典

• 社会地位的象征;身份的象征
  Astatus symbolis something that a person has or owns that shows they have money or importance in society.

双语例句

• Love of classical music is carried like a status symbol.
  喜欢古典音乐是社会公认的身份标志。
• At present, bone china is the master identity and status symbol.
  就在如今，骨瓷也是主人身份与地位的象征。
• Carrying a chanel bag suggests you have a fat wallet inside, which is the ultimate status symbol.
  一个香奈尔（Chanel）的手提包握在手，就能说明你的腰包有多鼓，当然最终也成为一种经济地位的象征。
• Once upon a time, flip phones were the ultimate status symbol.
  从前，翻盖手机是社会地位的终极象征。
• Owning a property on Hainan has become a status symbol.
  在海南拥有房产已成为身份的标志。
• A lot of sons remained an important status symbol for the men.
  儿子成群仍然是那些男人们的一种重要的社会地位象征。
• For decades, it was the status symbol in African American communities.
  几十年来，在非洲裔美国人中，卡迪拉克都是身份地位的象征。
• Membership in these corporate facilities was, and still is, a status symbol.
  拥有这样的会员身份，至今仍是一种身份地位的象征。
• In the creative industries, Japanese designers have always been something of a status symbol.
  在创意行业，日本设计师设计的服装一直是有身份的标志。
• Officialdom can also lead to membership of the Chinese Communist Party& a status symbol in China.
  而且，公务岗位还能保证入党这在中国是身份地位的象征。