| 单词 | status seeker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstatus seeker status seeker n. a person concerned with improving his or her social standing, or with demonstrating his or her high social standing. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > [noun] > social mobility > social climbing or status seeking > person ladder-climber1870 social climber1894 status seeker1944 1944 C. M. Case Ess. Soc. Values 50 This time binder, memory holder, experience haver, status seeker, ideal cherisher remains always the same. 1959 V. Packard Status Seekers (1960) i. 7 The status seekers..are people who are continually straining to surround themselves with visible evidence of the superior rank they are claiming. 1979 United States 1980–1 (Penguin Travel Guides) 214 There are no phone calls to take, except for those status-seekers foolish enough to have telephones in their cars. 2006 J. R. Talbott Sell Now! xii. 169 Any true status seeker knows that renting a home in an exclusive neighborhood does not confer the same status and privileges as owning property there. < as lemmas |
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