n. 暴发户,新贵;傲慢自负的人 adj. 暴富的;自命不凡的,傲慢无礼的 vi. 突然跳起,突然发起
中文词源
upstart 自命不凡的新上任者
比喻用法。
upstart 用法和例句
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。
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?
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。
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 .
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 .