name-dropped

I started moving the china ornaments but dropped a vase in the process.

我动手搬那些瓷制饰物,但在移动时摔了一只花瓶.

Richard Milhous Nixon used his middle name at his first inauguration, but dropped it at his second.

尼克松总统在第一次宣誓就职的时候用了他的中间名Milhous，而在连任宣誓的时候却没有用。

English breed of small terrier with a straight wiry red-and-black-and-tan or grizzled coat and dropped ears. The Doberman Pinscher, Siberian Husky and Great Dane are included in this Group, to name just a few.

英国品种的小猎犬，毛发直立，呈金属般红黑棕色或灰色，耳下垂。笃宾、西伯利亚雪橇、大丹都属于工作犬，从它们的名字就能看出来。

But it was once known as International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, a name that was dropped because of its potential worrying connotations.

但它曾经一度都以全称形式出现，之所以放弃使用全称是因为它潜在的令人担忧的内涵。

The Social Democratic Party changed the name of the party in order to win national trust again, but against all expectations, in the recent House of Representatives elections, the number of parliament seats has dropped to a single-digit instead of retrieving the voters' supports.

社民党更改党名的初衷是为了重整旗鼓、再获国民信任，但事与愿违，在最近的一次众议院选举中，并未能挽回选民支持，国会议席已降至个位数。

By implying ( or directly asserting) a connection to people of high status, the name-dropper hopes to raise his or her own social status to a level closer to that of those whose names he or she has dropped, and thus elevate himself or herself above, or into, present company.

这些人在暗示（或者直接表明）自己与高层人士的关系时希望能够将自己的社会地位提升到与那些高层接近的状态，从而凌驾于身边同伴之上，或者成为与其平等的一员。