keep up with joneses

keep up with joneses 基本解释

跟上邻居

keep up with joneses 用法和例句

1、Money burns a hole in his pocket because he always tries to keep up with Joneses.

他口袋里存不了钱，因为他老要与亲友?居们在物质上比高低。

重点词汇

keep [人名] [英格兰人姓氏] 基普职业名称，受雇于城堡主楼者，来源于中世纪英语，含义是“维持，保卫”(to hold,defend)

with prep. 和，跟；随着；关于；和…一致

joneses n. 与自己社会地位相等的人；邻居