name-dropping 详细解释

name-dropping

n. 略提知名人物以示相识而提高自己身份

词形变化

名词: name-dropper | 动词过去式: name-dropped | 动词过去分词: name-dropped | 动词现在分词: name-dropping | 动词第三人称单数: name-drops |

英英释义

名词 name-dropping:

the practice of casually mentioning important people in order to impress your listener

动词 name-drop:

refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them

同义词:namedrop

补充

name-droppingname-droppingn.1.略提知名人物以示相识而提高自己的身份

例句

1. He thinks all that name-dropping will make him seem more interesting.他以为这样显摆自己认识的名人会使得人们对他更感兴趣。 2. There's an excessive amount of name-dropping in his autobiography.他在自传里提到了太多的名人,希望借此引起别人注意。 3. He kept name-dropping [=dropping names] but no one was impressed.他不断地提到名人的名字,但没人注意到他。