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

• 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。
• Now all three of those words in the Greek are status symbol words.
  刚才用的三个形容词都是形容身份象征的。
• 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。
• Carrying a bottle of juice has become a status symbol in fitness circles.
  在健身界，随身携带一瓶果汁已经成为一种社会地位的象征。
• 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。
• For many of them, having women serve as their private protection& not men – is the ultimate status symbol.
  对他们中的许多人来说，让女性而不是男性担任他们的私人保镖，是最高的社会地位象征。
• 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。
• 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。
• Give them a status symbol and you can't go wrong.
  给他们象征身分的东西是不会错的。
• McDonald's is not only fast food as the United States, but more symbolic Americans to be seen as the best choice food culture high standards and status symbol.
  麦当劳不仅被视为美国的快餐，而且更为象征性地被视为美国人的最佳选择、饮食文化的高标准、地位的象征。