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单词 rags-to-riches
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rags-to-riches
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌræɡz.təˈrɪtʃɪz/us
/ˌræɡz.təˈrɪtʃɪz/
used todescribewhathappensto apersonwho waspoorbutbecomesrich:
从赤贫到巨富的
a rags-to-richesstory白手起家的故事
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Rich and wealthy
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(Definition ofrags-to-richesfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

rags-to-riches| American Dictionary

rags-to-riches
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ˈræɡz tə ˈrɪtʃ·ɪz/
involvingachangefrom beingpoortobecomingrich:
her rags-to-richessuccessstory
(Definition ofrags-to-richesfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This relationship is not primarily a product of individual experience, effort, and luck despite therags-to-richesmyths that pervade the popular imagination.
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His biography charts hisrags-to-richescareer and the role of money in the making and breaking of many friendships.
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The film tells therags-to-richesstory of a young street performer.
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Contemporary writers also turned away from writingrags-to-richesplots.
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He inspires the all-female audience with hisrags-to-richesstory and anti-alcohol rhetoric.
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She felt listeners' hearing herrags-to-richesstory might inspire them to pursue their dreams.
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To some, he was a charming conversationalist who was fond of a good joke and who enjoyed recounting tales of hisrags-to-richeslife.
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Though the story is essentiallyrags-to-riches-to rags it is a heart-warming story with a bitter-sweet ending and plenty of humour on the way.
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Lyrically, it deals with an aspiring trumpet player's career, delivered in arags-to-richesfashion.
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Therags-to-richesaccount of a biracial woman with lotsa talent and more than a little moxy is formulaic, and critics complained it was a clichd catastrophe.
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