Joneses信息详情
n.与自己社会地位相等的人；邻居
keeping up with the joneses───跟上邻居的步伐
keep up with the joneses───是一个典型的美式习语; 表示“和你的富裕邻居保持同等的生活方式或质量”; 这其实是一句讽刺的话; 指“和左邻右舍比排场比阔气”。；与…攀比，比阔气；赶上别人
We are our own Joneses.───我们只是在跟自己攀比。
hand, they want to keep up with the joneses and on the other hand, there's the snob effect.───一方面他们想要赶上和自己地位相仿的人，另一方面又存在虚荣效应。
Many people were holding down three jobs just to keep up with the Joneses.───许多人做三份工作仅仅只是为了与他人攀比。
oh, please. Stop trying to keep up with the Joneses. You know you can't afford it.───摆脱，不要跟别人攀比了，你知道你买不起的。
Edward is always trying to keep up with the Joneses.───爱德华老是不断地和邻居比较。
The poor fellow went broke because his wife was always trying to keep up with the Joneses.───那个可怜的家伙破产了，因为他的妻子老是与左邻右舍比排场比阔气。
Stuff will not enrich your life. It's so very easy to find yourself "keeping up with the Joneses" , succumbing to lifestyle inflation.───物质不会丰富你的生活，很快你就发现自己在跟别人攀比，开始屈从于膨胀的生活方式。
My son-in-law has bought a second car, but it's merely to keep up with the Joneses because his wife can't even drive.───我女婿买了辆二手货汽车，但那只不过是为了与他的邻居争个高低而已，因为他妻子甚至于连车也不会开。
As it happened one of the maids had relations living in the small market town where the Joneses resided .───碰巧当时有个女仆的亲戚也住在那个市镇并与琼斯先生很近。
After the incident the Joneses wrote to Herefordshire Primary Care Trust complaining about its intervention.
Generations of Joneses have served heroically on the battlefield, from the beaches of Tarawa in World War II, to Foxtrot Ridge in Vietnam.
Many people were holding down three jobs just to keep up with the Joneses.
The Joneses make a big deal out of being "different".
The Joneses set the pace and their neighbors try to keep up with them.
The Joneses are coming for lunch en masse all twelve of them!
The Joneses have two boys and a girl.
The Joneses saw us across the hotel dining room and gave us the high sign.
The adverts scold us and cajole us and wheedle us and fawn us to keep up with the Joneses.