upstart 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
upstart 词态变化
复数: upstarts;
upstart 中文词源
upstart 自命不凡的新上任者比喻用法。
upstart 英文词源
- 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.
upstart 英文释义
- 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 errect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright
upstart 双语例句
- 1. Many prefer a familiar authority figure to a young upstart.
- 很多人都更愿意跟自己熟悉的权威人物打交道，而不是一个年纪轻轻却自命不凡的家伙。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The hi - tech plastics come from a young company with Upstart has formed a joint venture.
- 高科技塑料是来自与新贵(Upstart)合资的一个年轻的公司.
来自互联网
- 3. You cannot marry that young upstart!
- 你可不能嫁给那个年轻的暴发户！
来自辞典例句
- 4. You can't marry that young upstart!
- 你可不能嫁给那个年轻的暴发户!
来自辞典例句
- 5. 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.
来自互联网
upstart 实用场景例句
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...an upstart who had come from nowhere.
- 原本是个无名之辈的目中无人的新丁
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Much of this draws on the upstart science of happiness, which mixes psychology with economics.
- 这些大都与现今正势如破竹般发展的“快乐学”有关, 它将心理学融入经济学.
期刊摘选
- He is a complete upstart.
- 他是个不折不扣的暴发户.
期刊摘选
- Surely the giant Sorcerer is not afraid of four more upstart pipsqueaks. Where is Eddie?
- 当然了,魔法师巨人是肯定不会害怕再多四个小矮人的. 埃迪在哪儿?
期刊摘选
- It will take more than the youth vote sweep the upstart party to power.
- 这个新生政党要想一举掌控大权,光靠年轻人投票还不够.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- The Hill is an upstart competitor that's a little edgier.
- 国会山是一个有点边缘化的新晋竞争者.
期刊摘选
- He is, so to speak, an upstart.
- 可以说, 他是个暴发户.
期刊摘选
- I am going down to make it hot for that upstart!
- 我走下来刁难那个暴发户.
期刊摘选
- Advertisers and users have been for years for the hot upstart to settle on for ads.
- 广告客户和用户多年来一直等待这家广受欢迎的新贵企业就广告模式作出决定.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- He tried to pass for a gentleman; but everyone knew he was an upstart.
- 他设法将自己冒充成为一名绅士, 但每个人都知道他只是一位暴发户.
期刊摘选
- You can't marry that young upstart!
- 你可不能嫁给那个年轻的暴发户!
辞典例句
- The cloud laughed at the rainbow saying that it was an upstart gaudy in its emptiness.
- 云嘲笑虹霓,说它只是空虚中爆发的绚丽.
期刊摘选
- You cannot marry that young upstart!
- 你可不能嫁给那个年轻的暴发户！
辞典例句
- 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。
柯林斯例句
