An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.
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adj. 智力的;有才智的;需用智力的;智力发达的;
n. 知识分子;脑力劳动者;有极高智力的人;凭理智(而非感情)办事的人;
💡 intellect智力+ual...的→ 智力的
"Some Americans see Oxford as an intellectual Disneyland."
一些美国人把牛津视为知识分子的乐园。
近义:highbrow, literatus, scholar, longhair, egghead
反义:ignoramus, philistine, illiterate, lowbrow, uneducated, uninstructed
pron. 某人,有人;
n. 某个人;
💡 some某些+one一个 → 某人
"Someone must have blabbed to the police."
一定有人向警方告密了。
近义:anybody, anyone, one, somebody
snob
[snɑb]
n. 势利小人,势利眼;附庸风雅之徒,假内行;
"She's such a snob!"
她竟是这样一个势利眼!
近义:nuisance, phoney, phony, bore, poseur, pseudointellectual
vi. 倾听;留心听;听信;(让对方注意)听着;
n. 听,倾听;
💡 听字右边的一(l)斤是(is)十(ten)两 李(li)老师(s)的课我听过十(ten)回
"Listen to the counsel of your elders."
要听从长辈的忠告。
近义:hear, hearken, hark, harken, heed, heigh
vt. 告诉,说;辨别;吩咐;讲述;
vt.& vi. 分辨,辨别;告诉,吩咐;泄漏;保证;
vi. 泄密,告发;(颜色、声音等)显示;识别;
n. [考古学](古代村落遗址堆积而成的)台形土墩;[方言]讲的话;谈话;传闻;
💡 他告诉(tell)我,他哥哥很高(tall)
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义:maintain, assert, asseverate, mention, assure, name
反义:hide, mask, occult, shield, shroud, veil
overture
['ovətʃʊr]
n. 器乐前奏曲;序曲,序乐;序诗;主动表示,提议;
vt. 提议;
"The opera was preceded by a short overture."
这部歌剧开始前有一段简短的序曲.
近义:motion, nomination, offer, offering, proffer, proposal