joneses

柯林斯词典

Joneses /ˈdʒəʊnzɪz/ (also Jones)

• 1. PHRASE If you say that someone is keeping up with the Joneses, you mean that they are doing something in order to show that they have as much money as other people, rather than because they really want to do it. 攀比

  Many people were holding down three jobs just to keep up with the Joneses. 许多人做三份工作仅仅只是为了与他人攀比。

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