对于这种仅仅是地位象征的竞争变得越发疯狂。

The competition for such status symbols only becomes more intense.

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随着财富的增长，这种对地位象征的竞争变得越来越激烈。

As wealth grows, the competition for such status symbols only becomes more intense.

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我们是否正面对着人类最古老的地位象征物品之一？代表着一个社会的尊卑秩序？

Are we looking here at one of the oldest of all status symbols; the expression of a social pecking order?

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But if you can like, be stable enough to support the entire family, live on the Upper West Side, it's a class. It's a status symbol.

但如果你能住在上西区，让自己足够稳定，并能养活全家，那就是一种类似阶级一样的社会地位的象征了。

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And so it's kind of a status thing there.

因此，在那里，它好像是一种地位的象征。

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