ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤cultural, intellectual, musical文化上的/智力上的/音樂方面的自我優越感➤class, social階級/社會自我優越感◇She faced the twin barriers of class snobbery and racial discrimination.她遭遇了階級勢利和種族歧視兩大障礙。◇the elitism and social snobbery of the art world藝術界的精英優越感和社會勢利➤petty狹隘的優越感◇her obsession with petty social snobberies她為狹隘的社會優越感所困➤inverted (BrE) 倒轉勢利眼(蔑視財富和權勢的心理)◇His dismissive attitude to the rich is just inverted snobbery.他對待富人的輕蔑態度只不過是倒轉勢利眼罷了。PREPOSITION➤snobbery about⋯方面的勢利態度◇his snobbery about mixing with people from other classes他對與其他階層的人交往的勢利態度➤snobbery towards/toward對⋯的勢利態度◇snobbery towards / toward electronic music認為電子音樂不值一聽的態度