On one hand, they want to keep up with the joneses and on the other hand, there's the snob effect.
一方面他们想要赶上和自己地位相仿的人，另一方面又存在虚荣效应。
It has chosen to forgo keeping up with the "Joneses."
它选择放弃攀比。
The Joneses are coming for lunch en masse all twelve of them!
琼斯一大家子人都来吃午饭——一共十二口人！
The Joneses set the pace and their neighbors try to keep up with them.
琼斯一家带了头，邻居们尽力赶上他们。
We spend the whole of our lives keeping up with our neighbors, the Joneses.
我们把我们的一辈子都用来和我们的邻居“琼斯一家人”攀比。
But keeping up with the Joneses isn't the only way that money brings happiness.
“攀比”并不是让金钱带来快乐的唯一方式。
In a way, the fear of being judged is the flip side of keeping up with the Joneses.
在某种程度上，害怕被评判也是攀比的另一面。
What matters is true liking, interest and passion — not keeping up with the Joneses.
但自闭症者则更在乎自己的真正喜欢，兴趣和热情-，而不会去攀比跟风。
We have the technological equivalent of what we call in the U.S. "keeping up with the Joneses."
我们有一个技术上的等效，即我们称为美国式的“跟上邻居”。
As we whispered back and forth, the Joneses' garage door opened and Ruby slowly walked out.
当我们来回轻声密语时，琼斯家的车库门打开了，罗比慢慢走了出来。
We've got to hand it to the Joneses, they have the most beautiful house in the neighborhood.
我们承认钟斯一家真了不得，他们拥有邻近最漂亮的房子。
This "trickle-down consumption" appears to result from a desire to keep up with the Joneses.
人们想要与收入地位相等者进行攀比的心态似乎引发了“涓滴型消费”现象的出现。
The Joneses have been eating high on the hog ever since Mr. Jones's book became a best seller.
自从琼斯先生的作品成为畅销书后，琼斯一家人就过着优渥的生活。
They have bought a house in the country. I suppose they're trying to keep up with the Joneses.
他们在乡村买了栋房子。我猜想他们是要与别人攀比。
Of course, all girls are not keeping up with the Joneses but so many do, particularly those who.
当然，并非所有的女孩都在赶时髦，但她们中的许多人确实如此，尤其是那些。
I see that they have bought a house in the country. I suppose they 're trying to keep up with the joneses.
我注意到他们在乡村买了所房子。我猜想他们是要与别人比阔气哩。
I looked up all the Joneses in the telephone book but I drew a blank every time I asked for Archibald Jones.
我在电话簿中查了所有姓琼斯的人，可是每次都找不到阿契波尔德·琼斯。
After spending the weekend as a guest in the Jone's home, Alice wrote the Joneses the usual bread-and-butter letter.
周末在珍妮家作客后艾丽丝给琼斯家写了封例行的致谢信。
With no property, there was no question of feeling hard done by when you failed to keep up with the Paleolithic Joneses.
没有财产，你也不需要为了生活不如你旧石器时代的同辈而感到命运不公。
Perhaps Keynes also failed to appreciate that there is more to keeping up with the Joneses than conspicuous consumption.
凯恩斯可能也想不到，比起炫耀性消费，与邻居攀比是一个更重要的因素。
And Mr Wolfers even points to surveys suggesting that we do not, collectively, feel a need to compete against the Joneses.
沃尔弗斯甚至指出，一些调查显示，我们总体而言认为没有必要与别人攀比。
"Mom, we thought you didn't like the Joneses," we protested. "They're mean to us. Besides, Crazy Jack Junior might shoot us."
“妈妈，我们以为你不喜欢琼斯一家。”我们反对道。“他们对我们可坏了。另外，‘古怪小杰克’可能会杀了我们的。”
In the end we came up with a solution that, we hoped, allowed room for both the Mrs Dalloways and Bridget Joneses of this world.
最后我们提出了一个解决方案，我们希望，为在这个世界里上的《达尔·维丝夫人》和《布里吉特·琼斯》的也留有余地。
According to a report, a so-called typical Chinese mom is eager to catch up with the Joneses in the case of cultivation of children.
有一个报道说，所谓典型的中国妈妈，在孩子教育方面，热衷于攀比。
According to a report, a so-called typical Chinese mom is eager to catch up with the Joneses in the case of cultivation of children.
有一个报道说，所谓典型的中国妈妈，在孩子教育方面，热衷于攀比。
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