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
• 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
• an arrogant or presumptuous person

双语例句

• The rich upstart may treat servants and supposed inferiors with harshness or contempt; not so the gentleman.
  富有的暴发户也许会严厉对待仆人，鄙视地位卑微者。
• She advocates brands, but not upstart's fanaticism.
  她崇尚名牌，却不是暴发户式的狂热。
• The race to catch up with Google comes as the internet upstart continues to strengthen its grip on searching.
  追赶Google的竞赛开始时，正值这家互联网新贵在持续加强对搜索业务的控制。
• 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。
• I like to think of Converse as a100-year-old upstart.
  我喜欢把匡威看作一个一百岁的新贵。
• 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。
• You cannot marry that young upstart!
  你可不能嫁给那个年轻的暴发户！
• It's just your average day at Threshold Digital Research Labs, an upstart Hollywood Studio.
  这就是起点数字研究实验室&一个突然出现的好莱坞工作室的每一天。
• 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。
• 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。