There's a feeling of a snobbishness, an elitism that is very off-putting.

有一种势利的感觉， 一种非反感的精英主义。

Never once in forty years of intimacy did his son notice in him a trace of snobbishness.

在四十年的亲密关系中， 他的儿子从未在他身上注意到一丝势利。

I often asked myself what was the cause of the snobbishness that obsessed this man who was so intelligent, so kindly, and so cultivated.

我问自己，是什么原因让这个如此聪明、如此善良、如此有教养的男如此势利。

The disappointment was not occasioned by the sentiment ordinarily defined as snobbishness, but by old New York's sense of what was due to it when it risked its dignity in foreign lands.

失望的不是定义为势利的情绪，而是旧纽约对在异国他乡冒着尊严的危险的感觉。

I should never have thought him capable of expressing himself with such dignity, real feeling, and simplicity, had I not long known that notwithstanding his snobbishness and his absurd affectations Elliott was a kindly, affectionate, and honest man.

如果我不是早就知道尽管他势利和荒谬的矫揉造作，埃利奥特是一个善良、深情和诚实的，我永远不会想到他能够以如此高贵、真实和朴素的方式表达自己。