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Upstart Young Person 英 ʌpstɑːt] 美 ʌpstɑːrt N.暴发户;傲慢自负之人 Adj.暴富的;傲慢的

英语单词 upstart
英美音标 英 ['ʌpstɑːt] 美 ['ʌpstɑːrt]
中文释义 n.暴发户;傲慢自负之人
adj.暴富的;傲慢的
v.突然跳起
英语例句 (1) He was a new upstart and a gentleman of the first head.
(2) You can't marry that young upstart!
(3) Lesson those upstart person with a over-confident mind.
(4) He dreaded their upstart ambition.
(5) Pacquiao was making Hatton look like an upstart amateur.
中文例句 (1) 他是个暴发户,是个新封的贵族。
(2) 你可不能嫁给那个年轻的暴发户!
(3) 狠狠的修理自以为很款很有势的爆发户.
(4) 他惧怕他们的狂妄野心。
(5) 帕奎奥弄得哈顿像个傲慢的业余拳手。
vocabulary简明 An upstart is someone who's cocky and arrogant, and who doesn't show much respect for other people.
vocabulary扩展 There are many ways of starting up trouble — one is by being an upstart. Upstarts are people who are full of themselves and dismissive of others. Often, an upstart is a young person or newcomer. A new employee who acts like he knows more than everyone else is an upstart. An arrogant rookie on a sports team is an upstart. In the 1500s, upstart and start-up were both used to mean the same thing, "one newly risen in importance."
柯林斯解释
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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

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