1.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。
2.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！
3.We are our own Joneses.
我们只是在跟自己攀比。
4.It has chosen to forgo keeping up with the "Joneses."
它选择放弃攀比。
5.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。
6.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。
7.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。