单词 | parvenu |
例句 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔sly〕The parvenu was much too foxy to let slip even a hint of his working-class background.暴发户十分狡猾,他决不暴露自己是工人出身这一事实。美国传统〔upstart〕A person of humble origin who attains sudden wealth, power, or importance, especially one made immodest or presumptuous by the change; a parvenu.新贵,暴发户:一个出身低贱的人突然获得财富,权力或重要的位置,尤指此种变化后变得不谦虚或放纵无礼的;暴发户美国传统For the second time in as many months, one of the top jobs at a fashion magazine has been snatched by a parvenu outsider.在同样多月的长时间里第二次出现了时装杂志最高职位之一被一名外行暴发户抢走。剑桥国际He is still seen as a parvenu in the aristocratic world of the Jockey Club.在赛马总会权贵们眼里,他仍被看作是个暴发户。剑桥国际 |
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