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upstart

英 [ˈʌpstɑːt]

美 [ˈʌpstɑːrt]

n.  自命不凡的新上任者; 狂妄自大的新手

复数:upstarts 

GRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.20694 / COCA.15398

牛津词典

    noun

    • 自命不凡的新上任者;狂妄自大的新手
      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

      柯林斯词典

      • 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 anupstartwhen 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.
        1. 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。
        2. ...an upstart who had come from nowhere.
          原本是个无名之辈的目中无人的新丁

      英英释义

      noun

      • a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright
          Synonym:kip
        1. a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
            Synonym:parvenunouveau-richearriviste
          1. an arrogant or presumptuous person

            双语例句

            • Thanks to one 19th Century upstart, one also must be dead to appear on a bill.
              多亏了19世纪那个自命不凡的人,一个人必须是去世之后才有资格出现在美元上。
            • 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。
            • You impudent upstart. I shall take great delight in dispatching you myself.
              你这个厚颜无耻的暴发户,如果能亲自消灭你,我会很高兴。
            • Every upstart needs capital.
              每个新贵都需要资本。
            • He dreaded their upstart ambition.
              他惧怕他们的狂妄野心。
            • As you saw above, you can use initctl with the emit option to generate an event to upstart.
              正如您前面看到的一样,您可以使用initctl和emit选项为upstart生成一个事件。
            • Do you think customers will associate the failed upstart with ours?
              你认为顾客会把这个失败的新公司和我们连在一起吗?
            • But within AIG, an upstart entrepreneurial subsidiary was booming.
              但在AIG内部,企业子公司正在蓬勃发展。
            • You cannot marry that young upstart!
              你可不能嫁给那个年轻的暴发户!
            • Until recently, it was easy to dismiss such ambitions as the hubristic musings of a young upstart.
              直到最近,人们很容易将这类雄心壮志视为年轻新贵的狂妄自大。