[N-COUNT 可数名词](初到某地或初出茅庐却)自命不凡的家伙 You can refer to someone as an upstart when they behave as if they are important, but you think that they are too new in a place or job to be treated as important.
[disapproval]
Many prefer a familiar authority figure to a young upstart.
很多人都更愿意跟自己熟悉的权威人物打交道,而不是一个年纪轻轻却自命不凡的家伙。
...an upstart who had come from nowhere.
原本是个无名之辈的目中无人的新丁
Oxford
up·start/ˈʌpstɑːt; NAmEˈʌpstɑːrt/noun( disapproving) a person who has just started in a new position or job but who behaves as if they are more important than other people, in a way that is annoying 自命不凡的新上任者;狂妄自大的新手upstartupstartsup·start/ˈʌpstɑːt; NAmEˈʌpstɑːrt/
someone who behaves as if they were more important than they really are and who shows a lack of respect towards people who are more experienced or older: a cheeky young upstart—upstart adjective
WDF
upstart
[ˈʌpstɑ:t]
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暴发户(66%),暴富的(12%),突然跳起(10%),傲慢的(7%),傲慢自负之人(5%)
n.暴发户;自命不凡的人;傲慢自负的人
adj.暴富的;自命不凡的
vt.使…突然跳起;使…崛起
vi.突然跳起;崛起
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