a status symbol

On display, it's a status symbol, right ?

为了展示, 这是地位的象征, 不是 吗 ?

Mr Welburn says one of the reasons Buick has become so successful in China – where owning a Buick is a status symbol – is that its fluid lines are more oriental in feel than the angular shapes of some other global auto models.

威尔本表示，别克在中国如此成功，原因之一是其流线型设计比起其他一些国际品牌的生硬造型显得更具东方感。在中国，拥有一辆别克是一种身份象征。

Just as carrying a Starbucks coffee cup has become a celebrity fashion accessory and a slung-over-the-shoulder yoga mat can signify a certain devotion to spiritual fitness, porting a clear bottle of green vegetable juice has evolved into a status symbol.

就像端一杯星巴克（Starbucks）咖啡已经成为明星时尚配件、肩上挎个瑜伽垫标志着某种对精神健身的忠诚一样，带一瓶清澈的绿色蔬菜汁也已经演化成一种身份象征。

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。

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。

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.

He only bought the yacht as a status symbol he hates sailing.

他买游艇只是为了显示身分--其实他根本不喜欢玩游艇.