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Upstart ˈʌpstɑːt Noun Job Young Up·Start ˈʌpstɑːrt Behaves

Refers to someone who behaves as if they are important but is considered too new or inexperienced to warrant such importance.

(初到某地或初出茅庐却)自命不凡的家伙。

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upstart ★☆☆☆☆
/ʌ̱pstɑː(r)t/
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[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 ; NAmE ˈʌpstɑːrt / 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 upstart upstarts up·start / ˈʌpstɑːt ; NAmE ˈʌpstɑːrt /
LDC
upstartup‧start /ˈʌpstɑːt $ -ɑːrt/ noun [countable]
Word Origin
Examples
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

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Spoken:

18508558
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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