青年中文Joneses的意思
Joneses中文翻譯：
n.與自己社會地位相等的人；鄰居
keeping up with the joneses───跟上鄰居的步伐
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
We are our own Joneses.───我們只是在跟自己攀比。
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。
oh, please. Stop trying to keep up with the Joneses. You know you can't afford it.───擺脫，不要跟別人攀比了，你知道你買不起的。
Edward is always trying to keep up with the Joneses.───愛德華老是不斷地和鄰居比較。
The poor fellow went broke because his wife was always trying to keep up with the Joneses.───那個可憐的家伙破產了，因為他的妻子老是與左鄰右舍比排場比闊氣。
Stuff will not enrich your life. It's so very easy to find yourself "keeping up with the Joneses" , succumbing to lifestyle inflation.───物質不會豐富你的生活，很快你就發現自己在跟別人攀比，開始屈從于膨脹的生活方式。
My son-in-law has bought a second car, but it's merely to keep up with the Joneses because his wife can't even drive.───我女婿買了輛二手貨汽車，但那只不過是為了與他的鄰居爭個高低而已，因為他妻子甚至于連車也不會開。
As it happened one of the maids had relations living in the small market town where the Joneses resided .───碰巧當時有個女仆的親戚也住在那個市鎮并與瓊斯先生很近。
After the incident the Joneses wrote to Herefordshire Primary Care Trust complaining about its intervention.
Generations of Joneses have served heroically on the battlefield, from the beaches of Tarawa in World War II, to Foxtrot Ridge in Vietnam.
Many people were holding down three jobs just to keep up with the Joneses.
The Joneses make a big deal out of being "different".
The Joneses set the pace and their neighbors try to keep up with them.
The Joneses are coming for lunch en masse all twelve of them!
The Joneses have two boys and a girl.
The Joneses saw us across the hotel dining room and gave us the high sign.
The adverts scold us and cajole us and wheedle us and fawn us to keep up with the Joneses.