wannabe

英 [ˈwɒnəbi]

美 [ˈwɑːnəbi]

n.  (名人的)崇拜模仿者

复数：wannabes　第三人称单数：wannabes　

BNC.45111 / COCA.17487

牛津词典

noun

• （名人的）崇拜模仿者
  a person who behaves, dresses, etc. like sb famous because they want to be like them

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 效颦者
  If you call someone awannabe, you are saying in an unkind way that they are trying very hard to be like another person or group of people.
  1. ...a feeble James Dean wannabe.
     詹姆斯·迪安的拙劣模仿者
  2. ...wannabe musicians who don't know which way up to hold their guitars.
     梦想成为音乐家、却连吉他都不知道怎么拿的人

英英释义

noun

• an ambitious and aspiring young person
  1. a lofty aspirant
  2. two executive hopefuls joined the firm
  3. the audience was full of Madonna wannabes
  Synonym:aspirantaspirerhopefulwannabee

双语例句

• I suspect that the wannabe property magnates were among the losers.
  我猜，赶超他人的地产大亨肯定出自那些失败者。
• Wannabe musicians looking for a hit should turn to the past for inspiration, said the researcher Joan Serra, of the Spanish National Research Institute.
  西班牙国家研究所研究员琼尼·萨拉说，想要成为音乐家的人们应该从过去的音乐中发掘灵感。
• You don't think I wannabe with my family?
  你觉得我不想和家人在一起？
• Yet even among the workaday ( or wannabe) wealthy, marrying for money has become a popular pursuit.
  然而，即便是在朝九晚五、发财无门的上班族中，为钱而婚也已经成为了一项颇为流行的人生追求。
• Or you may be a wannabe political commentator, monitoring science policy and its potential impacts.
  或者你可能想成为一位政治评论家，监视科学政策及其可能的影响。
• Six wannabe Martians are taking life on for a test drive here on Earth.
  六个想要成为火星人的人正在进行一个实验项目，在地球上过着上的生活。
• Michael Freeman is a black detective married to an ultra-aspirational political wannabe who is seduced by the city's power and glamour.
  迈克尔弗里曼是个黑人侦探，娶了个对政治有极大抱负，被这座城市的权势和魔力吸引的人。
• Create your wannabe star from hundreds of possible avatars join the mobile, reality TV adventure!
  创造您的赶超崇拜者星从数百可能的具体化加入机动性，现实电视冒险！
• There are now more than a dozen similar professional singing schools in Shanghai alone, offering music courses to wannabe singers looking for a shot at fame.
  目前仅上海本地就有十几家类似的专业歌唱学校，为那些想要一夜成名的歌手提供学习课程。
• Tests for wannabe immigrants or citizens came into vogue in the era after September 11 2001.
  针对移民或公民申请者的考试，是在2011年9月11日之后流行起来的。