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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Maybach has been adopted as the ultimate status symbol by Russia's super-rich.
  迈巴赫被视作俄国超级富豪的”终极身份象征“。
• The situation here in Shanghai with car ownership serving as a status symbol is similar to the one in my wife's hometown.
  在上海买车显摆的情况和我老婆老家的情况相似。
• 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。