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Posh Things I Expensive Places Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Describe

英语单词 posh
英美音标 英 [pɒʃ] 美 [pɑːʃ]
中文释义 adj.漂亮的;时髦的;上等阶层的
英语例句 (1) You look very posh in your new suit.
(2) I don't need to look posh and prepped.
(3) Her posh accent is pure affectation.
(4) Sara is dating a posh upper-drawer lately. It looks like she is serious this time.
(5) They live in a posh part of town.
中文例句 (1) 你穿上新衣服漂亮极了.
(2) 我无需打扮得光亮照人的。
(3) 她的时髦腔调纯粹是矫揉造作。
(4) 萨拉最近在和一个时髦的上流社会的人约会。好像这次她是认真的。
(5) 他们住在高级住宅区。
vocabulary简明 Things that are posh are swanky, fancy, and high-class. Posh things usually cost a lot of money, too.
vocabulary扩展 If something is dirty, cheap, and shoddy, it will never be accused of being posh. Posh things are elegant and expensive. A posh apartment is gorgeous and classy. A posh restaurant has fancy food and you probably have to dress up to go there. Posh places are luxurious and fancy-schmancy. So it's no surprise that rich people tend to like things and places that are posh.
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]时髦的;豪华的 If you describe something as posh, you mean that it is smart, fashionable, and expensive.
  [usu ADJ n]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • Celebrating a promotion, I took her to a posh hotel for a cocktail.

    为庆祝晋升,我带她去豪华饭店喝了鸡尾酒。

  • ...a posh car.

    豪华车

  • ...a posh dinner party.

    盛大的宴会

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](人)上流社会的,举止如同上流社会的 If you describe a person as posh, you mean that they belong to or behave as if they belong to the upper classes.
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • I wouldn't have thought she had such posh friends...

    我没有想到她会有这些上流社会的朋友。

  • He sounded so posh on the phone.

    在电话里听起来,他的谈吐非常优雅。

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