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

同根派生

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

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

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (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

柯林斯英英字典

• 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.

专业释义

经济学

• 暴发户