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
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.- 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。 - ...an upstart who had come from nowhere.
原本是个无名之辈的目中无人的新丁
- Many prefer a familiar authority figure to a young upstart.
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
- a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
- an arrogant or presumptuous person
双语例句
- He dreaded their upstart ambition.
他惧怕他们的狂妄野心。 - The upstart initialization program replaces/ sbin/ init.
upstart初始化程序代替了/sbin/init。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Do you think customers will associate the failed upstart with ours?
你认为顾客会把这个失败的新公司和我们连在一起吗？ - People in the office think he's an upstart because he was so young when he was promoted.
办公室的人认为他是平步青云，因为他被提升时这么年轻。 - But ths success only caused jealous resentment among the other royal cooks, and they plotted to get rid of this upstart newcomer.
但是他的成功也引起了王室其他厨师的忌妒和忿恨，他们密谋除掉这个新来的“暴发户”。 - She advocates brands, but not upstart's fanaticism.
她崇尚名牌，却不是暴发户式的狂热。