Name dropping is used to position oneself within a social hierarchy. It is often used to create a sense of superiority by raising one's status.

“拽人名”通常是为了在某个社会层级中确立自己的地位，通过提高自己的地位来建立一种优越感。

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They respond anecdotally from a position of superiority, confident with their privileged access to information, their influence on policy and their status in society.

他们的奇谈怪论源自自身优越的地位：既有权通过特殊渠道获得信息，又能影响政策，在社会上有名有份，所以自信满满。

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Is the world of status, the reading. Reading occupies a position, on character, not on the potential difference.

世间极占地位的，是读书一著。然读书占地位，在人品上，不在势位上。

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But the initial expression of rage typically comes from people who really do have some fear of a loss of their social position or fear of a loss of their social status because of some change that they see occurring and a change they see as threatening them.

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Amid all the sturm und drang, one rarely hears a compelling argument for the dollar retaining its status as a dominant currency particularly given the fiscally-precarious position of the United States.

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Taking the above into account, one cannot help but find himself in quite a precarious and confusing position of trying to figure out the status of the US labor market.

FORBES: Ongoing Developments in the Unemployment Conundrum