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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Perhaps the thief simply wanted his status symbol back.
  或许这名小偷仅仅希望要回自己的身份象征。
• 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。
• 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。
• Many Chinese are first-time car buyers and see owning a new vehicle as a status symbol.
  很多中国人都是首次购车，他们认为拥有新车是一种社会地位的象征。
• A personal chauffeur is undoubtedly a status symbol.
  雇有私人司机无疑是一种社会地位的象征。
• 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。
• 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。