sniffy

sniffy什么意思,sniffy翻译

基本解释

adj.: （对…）轻视
网络: 嗤之以鼻；嗤之以鼻的；傲慢的

权威解释

• （对…）轻视，不屑一顾:

  not approving of sth/sb because you think they are not good enough for you

英汉解释

• 〔口语〕瞧不起的人,傲慢的;〔美国〕微臭的

词性分析

• 比较级：sniffier

• 最高级：sniffiest

同义词

adj.contemptuoushaughtydisdainfulscornfulsnooty

反义词

adj.humble

例句

• He is always puffing about the expensive wines he brings over to my place, and is then sniffy about the offerings I take round to his.

  他总是吹嘘自己带到我家来的名贵红酒，而对我带到他家去的酒总是嗤之以鼻。

• he"s been asked more than once by sniffy fellow classicists why he would bother with such a frivolous project.

  他已经被自命不凡的古典主义研究同道们问了不止一次为什么要去做这么一项荒唐的工程了。

• Standard &Poor"s, the other big rating agency, followed the crowd with its own, slightly sniffy opinion on the Redwood issue.

  另外一家评级机构——标准普尔，就随波逐流，对红杉信托发行RMBS一事嗤之以鼻。

• The European travel industry uses the sniffy phrase "sleep cheap, shop expensive" to describe Chinese visitors.

  欧洲旅游业用“用得便宜买得贵”嗤之以鼻描述中国游客。

• One day, Sniffy was scrubbing his toes in the pond. He felt something moving in the water!

  一天，斯尼菲在池塘里擦洗腳趾。他觉得水中有东西在动。

• Mr Minghella"s film has received sniffy, indeed somewhat snobbish reviews in Britain.

  明格拉先生的电影已经在英国受到嗤之以鼻，事实上有点势利的批评。

• Western firms such as IBM and Accenture can be sniffy about their Indian rivals" sophistication.

  西方国家像IBM、埃森哲（Accenture）等公司也许会对印度对手们的城府嗤之以鼻。

• His name was Sniffy . Probably because he liked flowers.

  他叫“斯尼菲”，或许是因为他喜欢花。

• How do you handle people who are sniffy about MBAs?

  该怎么对付那些对MBA嗤之以鼻的人呢？

• Apple, after being sniffy a couple of years ago, is selling e-books through iTunes;

  几年前还对图书业务嗤之以鼻的苹果，如今也开始通过iTunes出售电子书了；