keep up with the joneses
释义
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”。
双语例句
He tried to manage to catch up with the others.
他设法要赶上别人。
1. 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。
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2. On one 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。
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3. There was once a day that we did not try to keep up with the Joneses - because we didn’t know what the Joneses had and no one knew what we had.
以前的社会曾是个不攀比的社会—因为我们不知道别人有什么，别人也不知道我们有什么。
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4. But while you're pushing the pedal to the metal just to keep up with the Joneses, ask where everybody's going and why they're in such a hurry.
当你马不停蹄，只为跟上大队伍的时候，问问大家都去哪，为什么那么匆忙？
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5. Don't try to keep up with the Joneses.
不要跟人攀比。
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6. The mashup of coordinates and public databases means you can keep up with the Joneses' doings without ever leaving the couch (or wherever else you use the computer).
坐标定位与公共数据库的糅合（mashup）意味着你甚至不用离开你的椅子（或者其它你可以使用电脑的地方）就可以与专家们相媲美。
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7. If catching up with the West started the desire for thing, new then keeping up with the Satohs, the local equivalents of the Joneses helps to keep it going.
如果说为赶上西方开始了对新事物的追求，那么在日本与邻居比时髦就有助于使这种狂热保持下去。
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8. He tries to keep up with the Joneses.
他努力维持一般的生活水准。
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9. That's true. And he tries to keep up with the Joneses.
的确如此，而且他还要维持一般的生活水准。
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10. Advertising % encourages consumers to "keep up with the Joneses", namely, it creates an acquisitive society and a demand for material things.
广告鼓励消费者攀比，换句话说，广告创造出一个贪婪的社会及对物质的需求。？ 。
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11. Advertising encourages consumers to "keep up with the Joneses", namely, it creates an acquisitive society and a demand for material things.
广告鼓励长耗者攀比，换句话说，广告创制出一个贪婪的社会及对物量的需求。
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12. This "trickle-down consumption" appears to result from a desire to keep up with the Joneses.
人们想要与收入地位相等者进行攀比的心态似乎引发了“涓滴型消费”现象的出现。
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13. With no property, there was no question of feeling hard done by when you failed to keep up with the Paleolithic Joneses.
没有财产，你也不需要为了生活不如你旧石器时代的同辈而感到命运不公。
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14. I suppose they are trying to keep up with the Joneses.
我想他们是为了要跟别人比排场。
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15. Edward is always trying to keep up with the Joneses.
爱德华老是不断地和邻居比较。
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16. University students should have the resolve to live a frugal lifestyle and should not try to keep up with the Joneses or follow trends and fads .
大学生应该有决心过节俭生活，不要和别人比阔气或追求时尚；
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17. Moreover, it is likely for students to keep up with the Joneses, sometimes resulting in an additionally expenditure for a family, especially a poor family.
此外，它很可能为学生比阔气，有时导致另外一个家庭支出，尤其是一个贫穷的家庭。
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18. There was once a day that we did not try to keep up with the Joneses - because we didn't know what the Joneses had and no one knew what we had.
这个社会曾经是个不会攀比的社会-因为我们不知道别人都有些什么同样也没有人了解我们的情况。
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19. People always want to keep up with the Joneses.
人们总是想要跟别人比排场。
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20. Don't keep up with the Joneses. Actually, you are not bad.
无论是着装还是个性，不可以和别人比，其实自己也不错。
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21. I see that they have bought a house in the country. I suppose they 're trying to keep up with the joneses.
我注意到他们在乡村买了所房子。我猜想他们是要与别人比阔气哩。
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22. Mr. and Mrs. Brown bought a new car simply to keep up with the Joneses.
布朗夫妇买了一辆新车只是为了和邻居比富。
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23. I suppose they're trying to keep up with the Joneses.
我猜想他们是要与别人比阔气哩。
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24. They have bought a house in the country. I suppose they're trying to keep up with the Joneses.
他们在乡村买了栋房子。我猜想他们是要与别人攀比。
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25. They have bought a house in the country. I suppose they're trying to keep up with the Joneses.
他们在乡村买了栋房子。我猜想他们是要与别人攀比。
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