upstart
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈʌp.stɑːt]
- 美式音标 [ˈʌp.stɑːrt]
- 国际音标 ['ʌpstɑ:t, ʌp'stɑ:t]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 暴发户;自命不凡的人;傲慢自负的人
- 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
词根记忆
- up(向上) + start(开始)→开始向上→暴发户
英汉例句
- You cannot marry that young upstart!
你可不能嫁给那个年轻的暴发户! - You can't marry that young upstart!
你可不能嫁给那个年轻的暴发户! - 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. - 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 can't marry that young upstart!
你可不能嫁给那个年轻的暴发户!
词组短语
- STYLE UPSTART 中式新贵
- back upstart 后上
- SYNCON Upstart 多功能婴儿快收手推车
- neck upstart 屈伸起
- European upstart 欧式新贵
短语
英英字典
- (PERSON) a person, especially a young one, who has suddenly got power or an important position and takes advantage of this in an unpleasant way
- (BUSINESS) a new competitor
- You can refer to someone as an upstart when 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.
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专业释义
- 暴发户