often derogatory <常贬>
attrib.
- desiring or aspiring to be a specified type of person想要（或将要）成为的：
a would-be actress who dresses up as Marilyn Monroe.
一个像玛丽莲·梦露一样穿着打扮的想当女演员的人。
- informal a person who desires or aspires to be a particular type〈非正式〉想要成为…的人：
a seemingly endless queue of journalists and would-bes formed.
记者们和一心想当记者的人排成的一条似乎没有尽头的长队。