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单词 status symbol
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status symbol
status symbol n. a possession or asset which confers prestige, or which is sought or acquired as a symbol of high social standing or wealth.
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status symbol1955
status trophy1964
1955 T. H. Pear Eng. Social Differences i. 33 Status symbols are sign-vehicles, cues which determine the status to be imputed to a person.
1957 Wall St. Jrnl. 29 Oct. 1/1 The most common sources of interoffice rivalry over status symbols involve such obvious executive trappings as the size of the desk, the quality of drapes and carpets in private offices, [etc.].
1981 Church Times 23 Oct. 10/2 A fragment of the true Cross—a status symbol if ever there was one.
2002 Sci. Amer. Oct. 74/1 Plasma televisions are the new status symbol.
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