upwardly mobile

英 [ˌʌpwədli ˈməʊbaɪl]

美 [ˌʌpwərdli ˈmoʊbl]

adj.  走向上层社会的; 走向富裕的; 步步高升的

牛津词典

adj.

• 走向上层社会的；走向富裕的；步步高升的
  moving towards a higher social position, usually in which you become richer
  1. upwardly mobile immigrant groups
     步步高升的移民群体
  2. an upwardly mobile lifestyle
     日益阔绰的生活方式

柯林斯词典

• ADJ (在社会地位上)向上流动的,往上爬的
  If you describe someone asupwardly mobile, you mean that they are moving, have moved, or are trying to move to a higher social position.
  1. The Party has been unable to attract upwardly mobile voters.
     该党一直不能吸引那些追求更高社会地位的选民。
  2. The upwardly mobileare people who are upwardly mobile.
     (在社会地位上)向上流动的人，往上爬的人
  3. ...the large detached houses of the upwardly mobile with their double garages and array of cars.
     处于上升阶层的人士所拥有的一栋栋独立的、带双车库的大房子和一排一排的轿车

双语例句

• Labour has lost the recruits once provided by the smokestack industries and a Conservative membership card no longer bestows social cachet on the upwardly mobile middle classes.
  工党已经失去了曾由传统工业输送的成员，保守党成员的身份牌也不再能给有望向社会上层流动的中产阶层赋予社会声望。
• Britain is not a truly fluid society; upwardly mobile.
  英国不是一个真正变化大的社会；向上变化的。
• Look up!; the music surged up; the fragments flew upwards; prices soared upwards; upwardly mobile.
  向上看；音乐令人激情荡漾；碎片漫天飞扬；价格暴涨；向上升的，有上升趋势的。
• Mr Xu may not fit the western idea of middle class, but in the Chinese context he and 270m migrant workers like him are part of a new category of upwardly mobile consumers.
  徐波或许并不符合西方对于中产阶层的认识，但在中国的环境里，他和2.7亿名像他一样的进城务工人员属于一个向上移动的新兴消费者阶层。
• Britain's secondary-school exam results have every reason to be upwardly mobile.
  英国中学的考试成绩完全有可能大幅度上升。
• This is at a time when all indications suggest that upwardly mobile and newly prosperous Chinese have the same powerful urge to own a car as consumers in the United States, Japan and Western Europe.
  各项指标都显示，日益增多的中国新贵们，同美国，日本和欧洲的消费者一样，都迫切地想拥有自己的汽车。
• But, in fact, many upwardly mobile Chinese fall somewhere in the middle, chasing personal fulfillment and consumer gratification with equal abandon.
  但事实上，许多向上登攀的中国人介乎中间，对于自我实现和消费满足同样纵情追逐。
• So, soon, will the final adornment of any upwardly mobile city: an ikea.
  很快，与这经济飞跃相映成趣的最后修饰就将粉墨登场：宜家家居。
• Building restrictions in vibrant cities and their nearby, exclusive suburbs prevent upwardly mobile people from relocating to places that offer the most economic opportunity.
  具体来说就是，政府限制人们在繁华城市及其周边专属郊区修建住宅后，正在向上流动的社会人群没法自由移居到发展机会更好的地方。
• Even the numbering of the floors was a bit of upwardly mobile sleight of hand, calibrated to enhance the perception of what the developer, the Related Companies, marketed as Five Star Living.
  就连楼层的编号方式也别出心裁，强化了开发商RelatedCompanies提出的五星级居住环境的营销概念。