keep up with joneses的意思

跟上鄰居

相似詞語短語

keep up with the joneses───是一個典型的美式習語; 表示“和你的富裕鄰居保持同等的生活方式或質量”; 這其實是一句諷刺的話; 指“和左鄰右舍比排場比闊氣”。；與…攀比，比闊氣；趕上別人

keep up with───跟上，保持同步；趕得上；和…保持聯系

keeping up with the joneses───跟上鄰居的步伐

keep up───vi.不減弱，（天氣）持續不變; 保持; 保養; （使）不倒下; 保持不衰退；保持；繼續；不低落；不落后

keep with───跟上；把…與…放一起; 陪伴

keep with me───跟我走

keep up appearances───v.裝門面; 裝潢門面; 擺門面; 保全面子

with up───向上

up with───拿起，舉起；擁護；拿起; 舉起; 擁護; 起來

雙語使用場景

hand, they want to keep up with the joneses and on the other hand, there's the snob effect.───一方面他們想要趕上和自己地位相仿的人，另一方面又存在虛榮效應。

Many people were holding down three jobs just to keep up with the Joneses.───許多人做三份工作僅僅只是為了與他人攀比。

We scramble to "keep up with Joneses".───我們爭相“跟上攀比”。

He tried to keep up with Joneses and sent his kids to a high-end kindergarten.───他要和周圍人一樣，把他的孩子送進了一所高檔的幼兒園。

We scramble to "keep up with Joneses" .───我們爭相“跟上攀比”。

英語使用場景

Money burns a hole in his pocket because he always tries to keep up with Joneses.