Name-dropping
n. 提到知名人物以示相识而提高自己身价的行为
📖 牛津释义
name-dropping
n [U] practice of casually mentioning the names of famous people one knows or pretends one knows in order to impress others 随便提起自己认识的或假装认识的名人以引人瞩目的做法.
🧩 词语组成解析
name
[nem]
n. 名字;名声;有…名称的;著名的人物;
vt. 确定;决定;给…取名;说出…的名字;
adj. 著名的;据以取名;
n. 点滴, 滴下, 落下\\n[医] 跛行步态
🗣️ 情景例句
so we all got to go home early.
所以我们都非早回家不可。
Mary, this is Joe's brother David.
玛丽，这是乔的兄弟戴维。
Neither was I surprise when the train stopped at Widley, a tiny station a few miles along the line.Even a mighty express train can be held up by signals.
火车开出几英里即在一个小站威德里停了下来。对此，我不觉得奇怪，因为即便是特别快车也可能被信号拦住。