与自己社会地位相等的人,邻居;

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来自Jones,常见人名,-ese,人,词源同Chinese,Japanese.代指邻居,常见于习语keep up with Joneses,与人攀比,讲排场。
The Joneses saw us across the hotel dining room and gave us the high sign.
琼斯一家人看到我们走过旅馆的餐厅时,向我们挥手招呼.
来源:互联网摘选The Joneses set the pace and their neighbors try to keep up with them.
琼斯一家带了头,邻居们尽力赶上他们.
来源:《简明英汉词典》We spend the whole of our lives keeping up with our neighbors, the Joneses.
我们把我们的一辈子都用来和我们的邻居“琼斯一家人”攀比.
来源:互联网摘选Many people were holding down three jobs just to keep up with the Joneses.
许多人同时做3份工作只不过是为了和别人攀比。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Neighbours, keen to and overtake the Joneses, copied them – but on a larger scale.
热衷于赶超实力相当者的邻居开始复制他们的做法,而且规模更大.
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