upstart
英['?pstɑ?t]
美['?pstɑrt]
- n. 暴發戶；自命不凡的人；傲慢自負的人
- adj. 暴富的；自命不凡的
- vt. 使…突然跳起；使…崛起
- vi. 突然跳起；崛起
詞態變化
復數:?upstarts;
中文詞源
upstart 自命不凡的新上任者
比喻用法。
英文詞源
- upstart
- upstart: [16] An upstart is etymologically simply someone who has ‘started up’ – but start in its early sense ‘jump, spring, rise’. Start-up was an early alternative version of the word (‘That young start-up hath all the glory of my overthrow’, says Don John in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing 1599), but it did not survive the 17th century.
- upstart (n.)
- 1550s, "one newly risen from a humble position to one of power, importance, or rank, a parvenu," also start-up, from up (adv.) + start (v.) in the sense of "jump, spring, rise." As an adjective from 1560s. Compare the archaic verb upstart "to spring to one's feet," attested from c. 1300.
雙語例句
- 1. Many prefer a familiar authority figure to a young upstart.
- 很多人都更愿意跟自己熟悉的權威人物打交道，而不是一個年紀輕輕卻自命不凡的家伙。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The hi - tech plastics come from a young company with Upstart has formed a joint venture.
- 高科技塑料是來自與新貴(Upstart)合資的一個年輕的公司.
來自互聯網
- 3. You cannot marry that young upstart!
- 你可不能嫁給那個年輕的暴發戶！
來自辭典例句
- 4. You can't marry that young upstart!
- 你可不能嫁給那個年輕的暴發戶!
來自辭典例句
- 5. He was a new upstart and a gentleman of the first head.
- 他是個暴發戶,是個新封的貴族.
來自互聯網