upstarts
n.
暴发户,新贵( upstart的名词复数 );
傲慢自负的人;
例句:
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An actor...whose skill in playing upstarts is unrivalled.
来自K. Tynan
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These upstarts - Clarks, the Haydocks - had no dignity.
这些暴发户 - 克拉克夫妇, 海多克夫妇-简直不知自爱.
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These upstarts - the Clarks and Haydocks - had no dignity.
这些暴发户 - 克拉克夫妇和海多克夫妇-简直不知自爱.
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Nim and his kind were trouble - making upstarts.
尼姆和他那一帮人是专找麻烦的暴发户.
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The stats-and-stethoscope upstarts are nonetheless making their dash.
来自NEWYORKER
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This made her Debbie Downer to a lot of the period's upstarts.
来自NEWYORKER