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单词 upstart
释义
upstart
ʌpstɑːʳt ʌpˈstɑrt ˈʌpˌstɑrt
Word forms: plural upstarts
N-COUNT (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. (初到某地或初出茅庐却)自命不凡的家伙 [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

SYN social climber, nobody, nouveau riche, parvenu
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