upstart

英 ['ʌpstɑːt] 美 ['ʌpstɑːrt]

• n. 暴发户；傲慢自负之人
• adj. 暴富的；傲慢的
• v. 突然跳起

英英释义

Noun:

1. an arrogant or presumptuous person

2. a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class

3. 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

Adjective:

1. characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He was a new upstart and a gentleman of the first head.
   他是个暴发户，是个新封的贵族。
2. You can't marry that young upstart!
   你可不能嫁给那个年轻的暴发户！

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Lesson those upstart person with a over-confident mind.
   狠狠的修理自以为很款很有势的爆发户.
2. He dreaded their upstart ambition.
   他惧怕他们的狂妄野心。
3. Pacquiao was making Hatton look like an upstart amateur.
   帕奎奥弄得哈顿像个傲慢的业余拳手。

经典引文

• The..people are too proud to bear the rule of a foreign upstart.

  出自： J. Cary

• Time..for this young upstart from below stairs to be taught a lesson.

  出自： A. West

词汇搭配

• layout upstart 长振屈伸上
• neck upstart 屈伸起
• drop-back short underswing upstart 支撑后倒弧形短振屈伸...
• quick upstart 争振上
• short upstart 短振屈伸上
• still upstart 慢拉上
• upstart with half turn 屈伸上转体180o...

近反义词

【近义词】

• snob 势利小人
• parvenu 暴发户
• arriviste 暴发户
• nobody 无足轻重的人...
• unknown 未知的
• nonentity 无专长或成就的人...
• newcomer 新来的人
• social climber 追求更高社会地位的人...
• nouveau riche <法>暴发户
• nouveau-riche 暴发户
• parvenue 女暴发户
• kip 幼兽皮