upstart
发音
英 [ˈʌpstɑ:t]
美 [ˈʌpstɑrt]
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- n.
- 暴发户,新贵
- 傲慢自负的人
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- adj.
- 暴富的
- 自命不凡的,傲慢无礼的
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- vi.
- 突然跳起,突然发起
单词词源
upstart 自命不凡的新上任者
比喻用法。
双语例句
- 1. Aipac has maintained a lofty public silence about this doveish upstart .
- 对于这位鸽派新贵,aipac以一种高贵的姿态在公开场合保持沉默。
- 2. But what happens when the next upstart distracts the attention of facebook users ?
- 但是,如果再有一家新贵公司吸引走了facebook的用户怎么办?
- 3. Upstart amazon.com has thus become the best-k n own name on the net .
- 亚马逊网络新贵已经变成网上最出名的名字了。
- 4. On december 18th france 's telecoms regulator awarded a new mobile licence to iliad , an upstart telecoms firm , even though mr sarkozy had publicly voiced misgivings .
- 12月18日,尽管萨科奇先生公开表示疑虑,但法国电信业的监管者还是给电信业新贵伊利亚特公司颁发了新的移动通信执照。
- 5. A foreign diplomat adds that countries such as egypt and saudi arabia , which might in the past have blocked a gulf upstart from flaunting such ambition , no longer have the will to try .
- 一名外交官补充表示,像埃及和沙特阿拉伯等这样的国家过去兴许会阻止这样一名海湾新贵如此炫耀自己的野心,而他们则没有意愿尝试。