| 单词 | social climber |
| 例句 | As Joanne Kaufman reported in the Wall Street journal, Ms. Pittman was known in certain elevated circles more as a social climber than mountain climber. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He was an unabashed snob and social climber who also relished the company of peasants and shepherds. A Renowned Travel Writer’s Letters From the Road 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Then I did what any smart social climber would do: I found a more famous person to latch onto. Pretending to Be Famous in The Sims 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z The American Rung Association: Sponsoring charity balls for social climbers. Style Invitational Week 1408: Re-Organization — tweak the name of a charity 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z Was he likewise the social climber that some held him to be? Robert Robinson obituary 2011-08-13T12:28:49Z George Stevens's melodrama cast her as a spoiled debutante who bewitches Montgomery Clift's ambitious social climber. Elizabeth Taylor dies aged 79 2011-03-23T13:28:00Z Call them social climbers: Last month, Alexandria’s new Mason Social joined similarly named but unrelated Northside Social, Penn Social and soon-to-open Union Social as the District and Northern Virginia’s most, well, sociable spots. Mason Social, where a community hungry for service meets and eats 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z He wrote for W under the nom de plume of Countess Louise J. Esterhazy in an astringent voice that went after social climbers, fashion designers and even political figures whose manner and appearance irked him. John B. Fairchild, Women’s Wear Daily publisher, dies at 87 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z The darkly comic production about a social climber who bumps off the members of an aristocratic family opened at the Walter Kerr Theater in New York in the fall of 2013. 'A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder' recoups on Broadway 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Her failed first marriage was taken as proof of an age-old story: the social climber who ditches her loved ones once she gets what she wants. Poor, capable and funny: the return of Roseanne, the sitcom that broke all the rules 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z The protagonist, somewhat of a rake and a social climber to begin with, has just withstood a series of personal and political upheavals. ‘Flaubert in the Ruins of Paris,’ by Peter Brooks 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z “I didn’t have a dime. I couldn’t face that. I was always a horrible little social climber in my way.” Liz Smith, Longtime Queen of Tabloid Gossip Columns, Dies at 94 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z An attractive, quick-witted young English social climber who charms despite her nastiness: Blunt already stole The Devil Wears Prada in that exact part. What's in a name? 2011-01-18T20:00:02Z A couple of manipulators, a couple of social climbers. Why do we love "Abbott Elementary" star Janelle James for being bad? It's simple: "I'm hilarious" 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z It was eventually revealed that he was a social climber with a made-up past. ‘Mad Men’ and Its Love Affair With ’60s Pop Culture 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Lucien deserves most of his comeuppances, but he remains sympathetic because Voisin captures his insouciance as a striver and social climber. "Lost Illusions" is a sumptuous period piece on the allure of fame, followers and fake news 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z She was such a renowned political society hostess that Disraeli – who knew another brilliant social climber when he saw one – called her "the real leader of the opposition." Strawberry Hill will open doors to public once again 2010-09-23T16:23:00Z In June, Bravo will present the premiere of a British variation on the “Real Housewives” franchise, called “Ladies of London,” that puts together — and pulls apart — rich, glamorous American social climbers and British snobs. ‘I Wanna Marry “Harry,” ’ a Reality Series on Fox 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z The prince, indifferent to American social climbers but fond of pretty women, invited the Potters to spend the weekend at Sandringham. For Tuxedos, Blue Is the New Black 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder," a macabre musical about a social climber who comically bumps off the members of an aristocratic family, took home the Tony for new musical on Sunday. Tony Awards 2014: 'Gentleman's Guide' wins best musical 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z All those rules, all those social climbers, all those hurt feelings. Drama. Ego. Protocol: Washington dinners have it all — and that’s just the seating chart She was a French courtesan whom Edward visited during the first world war, a money-grabbing social climber who traded her charms for position. The Wright Way; Edward VIII's Murderous Mistress; Keeping Britain Alive: A Day in the NHS – TV review 2013-04-24T06:00:10Z In the mid-1960s, Tom Wolfe had profiled the Sculls as “the folk heroes of every social climber who ever hit New York.” At Acquavella Galleries, Robert and Ethel Sculls? Legacy of Pop Art 2010-04-09T23:33:00Z In the book, she comes off as a particularly ambitious, particularly British version of the professional social climber. ‘Hack Attack,’ About a Rupert Murdoch Paper’s Trials, by Nick Davies 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Her mother was a frustrated social climber whom Rawlings disliked almost from birth. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, a Novelist Who Went on a Quest for an Authentic Life 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z Ms. Mortimer publicly called Ms. Rose a “social climber.” Of Her Own Making 2011-06-08T17:21:22Z Both the absurdity of the provincial social climbers and the mad ideological fervor of the cadre of secret revolutionaries who infect them with their obsessions came through only tepidly. | 'The Demons': Peter Stein Takes Dostoyevsky to Governors Island 2010-07-11T23:13:00Z “I have been called a predator,” Maynard told the crowd, and rattled off some of the insults that had stuck to her name: “kiss-and-tell,” “leech woman,” “parasite,” “opportunist,” “exhibitionist,” “social climber,” “aging one-time nymphet.” Joyce Maynard’s Second Chances 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Their empathetic, liberal sister Shiv is a conniving chameleon, and her panicky husband Tom a social climber hampered by the lack of a spine. Breath of fresh heir: how Succession became the must-watch TV of the year 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z It’s “high flying, adored,” to use a phrase sung by the snide revolutionary commentator Che about the stylish, menacing social climber Eva Duarte as she methodically claws her way to becoming Argentina’s first lady. Under director Michael Grandage, “Evita” almost reclaims power at Kennedy Center He labeled Ronald Reagan "The Acting President" and identified Reagan's wife, Nancy, as a social climber "born with a silver ladder in her hand." Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies 2012-08-01T17:33:11Z It is the second movie of three in a popular Swedish franchise that follows the criminal career of this wily, serpentine social climber from the provinces. Movie Review: In ‘Easy Money: Hard to Kill,’ Wily Social Climber Is Back 2014-02-13T23:26:19Z “In America this was at first considered ‘a new fashion’ associated with wealthy women and social climbers,” Coontz said. The Mrs. Files 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z In the same missive, however, James also complimented his friend on her portrayal of the book’s heroine, the charming social climber Lily Bart, as “very big and true.” So You’ve Read ‘The House of Mirth.’ Now What? 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z An indefatigable social climber, she does everything to be seen in the right places with the right people. ‘Vanity Fair’ TV Series Gets a Pop Soundtrack 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z But now, a researcher has uncovered nearly a dozen previously unknown records that shed clearer light on another much-discussed side of the man: the social climber. Shakespeare: Actor. Playwright. Social Climber. 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z But with those social climbers called the D.C. Perspective | XFL’s Defenders bring a little hope — and a lot of beer — to D.C. sports fans 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z The season three episode “Chiantishire,” which takes place at Caroline’s wedding to an unabashed social climber, offers some insight into Shiv’s relationship with her mom. 'Succession': A therapist breaks down the Roy family's daddy issues 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z He stepped up the barrage during a scathing interview with Newsmax that aired Thursday in which he called her “totally discredited,” a “whackjob” and a “social climber” with “serious mental problems.” How Trump World pressures witnesses to deny his possible wrongdoing 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z In her portrayal, Markle is a ruthless social climber, a maker of “strategic besties” whose wedding guest list was “a portrait not of Meghan’s intimate circle but of the friends she most wanted to recruit.” Review: Tina Brown's prescription for the royals: Never mind Meghan, don't ever change 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z This disconnect is represented most glaringly in Tom Wambsgans, a much-mocked social climber who married into the family, and effectively, the family business. Opinion | A Defense of Jeremy Strong (and All the Strivers With No Chill) 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z Prince Harry is a depressed man-child who is married to a social climber. Revisiting 'Ravine' and bidding adieu to Brian Williams 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Another featured an unflattering interview with Ms. Markle’s half sister, Samantha, who described Ms. Markle as an ambitious, callous social climber who all but ditched her family when she became famous. Tabloid Hired Gun Tells of Shady Hunt for Meghan Markle Scoops 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z While the beret has a surplus of bourgeois connotations thanks to the social climbers of Los Feliz and East Hollywood, it’s also a globally recognized symbol of revolution and social change. Are the beret wearers of Silver Lake and Echo Park here for revolution or croissants? 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Among these gregarious macaques, cliques, best-friend pairs, and social climbers are all much in evidence, giving scientists a close look at the primate origins of our drive to affiliate. Exploring the biology of friendship 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z In the 2018 retrial of Bill Cosby, for example, the actor’s defense attorneys characterized one of his accusers as a promiscuous social climber. Weinstein trial is a milestone for #MeToo and a moment of wrenching truth for survivors 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z The snarkiest thing he ever publicly said about Steven Rattner, the protégé who some say pushed him out at the investment bank Lazard: “He is a social climber with no commitment to public service.” How a Banker Helped Save N.Y. (and Why It Will Never Happen Again) 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z A social climber kills a tycoon’s daughter, then marries her twin and goes to work for her father. Movies on TV this week: 'The Deer Hunter,' 'White Christmas' and more 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z A social climber wants her humble family to impress a rich bachelor at dinner. Movies on TV this week: 'Silence of the Lambs' 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z A social climber in love with a wealthy beauty figures out how to get rid of his poor, pregnant girlfriend. TV Listings: Here are the feature and TV Films airing the week of July 28 - Aug. 3, 2019 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z The British broadcaster appeared Thursday on Australia’s “Today” show, where he slammed the Duchess of Sussex and labeled her a “social climber.” Meghan Markle is ‘a bit of a social climber,’ says Piers Morgan: ‘Good luck to Harry’ 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z He previously described the humanitarian and former actress as a "social climber," alleging in his book "Meghan: A Hollywood Princess," that she dumped first husband Trevor Engelson after achieving success on "Suits." Meghan Markle was a 'failure' in Hollywood, royal biographer claims 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z For more than 40 years, Jenkins has provided uproarious depictions of athletes, captains of industry, rock stars, pretentious chefs, social climbers and media denizens. Dan Jenkins: The Golf Digest Interview - Golf Digest 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z A social climber who maintained a distaste for aristocrats. Goya's Black Paintings: ‘Some people can hardly even look at them’ 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z “YOU,” created by Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble, hits its strongest notes as a satire of a cutthroat literary Manhattan in which social climbers judge one another by their covers, often literally. Meeting Cute on “YOU” and “Forever” 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z “Vanity Fair” deals with the rough-edged social climber Becky Sharp — “not a feminist heroine,” the New York Times noted last year as it praised the show’s entertaining style. Perspective | Never been to the Shakespeare Theatre? This is the season you can’t miss. 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z His first two albums charmed the whole spectrum of rap fans with their diversity and humour: he riffed on black cultural reference points – slow-jam love songs, social climbers – like a standup comedian. ‘I miss the old Kanye’: what has happened to rap’s most complex star? 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z He finds success addictive, becoming a social climber, to the dismay of the beatific Charity, who seems to have enjoyed living in a hovel with a leaky roof. Review | ‘The Greatest Showman’ offers up a portrait of P.T. Barnum for the modern age 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z “I was always a horrible little social climber in my way,” she told the New York Times in 1998. Liz Smith, gossip columnist who dished on the boldfaced-name set, dies at 94 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z In other words, they’re not social climbers but cultural climbers, and not very effective ones at that. The Jenners are Instagram stars, not icons – the T-shirt backlash is proof | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Interestingly, this networking is stressful for the social climbers, according to studies of cortisol levels in the North African animals. 6 Animals That Are Stellar Stepdads In the colonies, Jones was a social climber embraced by the likes of Benjamin Franklin. The U.S. has invaded Britain just once. It didn’t go well. 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z He said he once had high hopes for Ayotte, but now views her as a “political social climber” who lacks conviction. Voters stand by Ayotte because of and despite Trump decision 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Plus Kate Beckinsale’s performance as a social climber fighting against the downward slope revealed sides of the actress long forgotten by many audiences who were more familiar with her “Underworld” sci-fi thrillers.. The indie summer provided a cure for for blockbuster blues 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z While the middle class vastly expanded, many social climbers possessed little of the status security enjoyed by their aristocratic predecessors. Doping Wasn’t Always Considered Cheating 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Of course as a practical matter, only desperate social climbers are interested in this sort of thing anyway, so no worries for the 99%. Are Final Clubs Too Exclusive for Harvard? 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Sixty-four years later, in 1895, an opportunistic social climber named Louis Keller constructed a nine-hole golf course on the property near Roll’s old farm. At Site of P.G.A. Championship Lies the Legend of Baltus Roll 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Whelan said Hamilton was a social climber who sometimes put his personal ambition before his ideals. ‘Hamilton Slept Here’ as Bethlehem tourism catch phrase? 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z In Thackeray’s satirical novel, scheming social climber Becky Sharp attaches herself to – and sometimes plays architect to the life of – rich, dull Amelia Sedley. The cool girls, good girls and bad girls of modern books 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z Laing lives on the 25th floor, and hobnobbing with the greats in the penthouse is the act of a pathetic social climber. In J.G. Ballard’s High-Rise, the metaphor eats the story, and Tom Hiddleston eats the metaphor 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z "He was a real social climber," says exhibition co-curator Kris Martin. Fire, plague and royalty - as seen by diarist Samuel Pepys - BBC News 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Local media has portrayed her as “a ruthless social climber”, recounting unconfirmed anecdotes of pushy materialism. Case of female TV mogul accused of daughter's murder grips India 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Protection against rogues, social climbers and others her father finds unsuitable for her affections. Heartworm : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z News reports consistently describe Muth as a social climber and something of a con man. Actor Christoph Waltz will direct and star in ‘The Worst Marriage in Georgetown’ 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Was he perceived as cold by many congregants because he was socially awkward, or was he a social climber, addressing only the influential and attractive? Prominent D.C. rabbi accused of voyeurism presents a disturbing paradox British comedies are often based on class differences and the attempts of would-be social climbers to present a better front than reality justifies. Your Finances: Sitcom or Melodrama? 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z In both cities, he said, “There are a lot of climbers, social climbers, people that are scratching and clawing their way up.” 2014 September 25 - First Draft. Political News, Now. - NYTimes.com 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z It has become an established guide to social climbers and the upwardly mobile. The six sisters that captured the maelstrom 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Later, female comics would look at Rivers and poo-poo her act as nothing more than the soft serve of a social climber in search of a husband. Who Is This Dame? How Joan Rivers Killed in the Clubs 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z By this reckoning, today’s tattoo wearers may simply be social climbers, adopting a status symbol in the way that people 10 years ago would wear green wellies in the King’s Road. This new wave of tattoos gets under my skin 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z We commonly employ terms like “wannabe,” “poseur,” “social climber,” and “sellout” to keep people in their place. How LeBron James Is Just Like Us 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Anyone who is taken in by this is a fool or themselves a desperate social climber. Rebekah Brooks: only the fools in charge of us would fall for her brand of fake intimacy 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z But prior to the civil rights movement, which encouraged racial and ethnic minorities to embrace their previously marginalized identities, the study of family history was largely the province of white social climbers and racists. How Genealogy Became Almost as Popular as Porn 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Last May, he said in a speech that there was no room for "social climbers or careerists" in the Church hierarchy. In Vatican shake-up, Pope redefines role of second-in-command 2014-03-13T11:54:41Z It's not only affluent social climbers who pay attention to such matters. The march of the postcode battlers 2014-03-04T02:29:48Z But social climbers shouldn’t — or shouldn’t be allowed to — scamper over the uniforms of U.S. generals in their rush to get there. Petraeus Scandal: Why Sex Isn't the Worst Part 2012-11-15T21:05:24Z He called The New York Times the “Typhoid Mary of American journalism,” labeled Ronald Reagan “The Acting President” and identified Reagan’s wife, Nancy, as a social climber “born with a silver ladder in her hand.” American Writer Gore Vidal Dead at 86 2012-08-01T15:05:34Z When we talk about sociability, we’re not talking about socialites, social climbers, connectors or those seen in the social scene. It's Time Brands Started Acting More Like People 2012-07-03T17:05:42Z She was an arrant social climber and ranked money and lavish expenditure of it above everything. Marjorie Dean, College Senior 2011-08-01T02:00:12.720Z There are few more distressing or pejorative tags to be labelled with than that of "social climber". Aiming for the A-list 2011-07-29T14:18:22Z From then on, like an ambitious social climber, it was all about making new connections. Risk rush 2011-05-19T07:24:34Z The Canadian media rapidly dubbed her "Attila the Honey" and her enemies dismissed her as a ruthless social climber, whose every action was shot through with a silken thread of hauteur. Conrad Black and Barbara Amiel 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z “Metrocompetitors” are “more male, young, urban social climbers who like pop culture.” Bravo Will Make You a Reality Star (if the Web Agrees) 2010-06-05T18:11:00Z A social climber, Probos Five thought to himself, but aside from that a good wife and mother in addition to being a reigning beauty. Solar Stiff What really marks out corrupt as opposed to forgivable social climbers is the former's strong belief that the rich, powerful and famous are at heart better than other people. Aiming for the A-list 2011-07-29T14:18:22Z Here the social climbers were clustering, eager to be great in a city of greatness. The Light of the Star A Novel It is true that he had been genuine in scorning social climbers. Free Air We don’t care a darn for all these would-be social climbers. The Job An American Novel In London he was a social climber, in spite of his gold; here he was a sole autocrat of the camp. The Highgrader While his wife was a social climber he was exactly the opposite. How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl He wondered that the clear-minded little "social climber," as his sister called her, had ever bothered her nimble brain about such an abstruse and far-fetched question of identities. The Price Rather he had repeatedly been courted by the grafter, the promoter, the social climber, each beneath a thinly disguised friendship working for his own selfish ends. Flood Tide My world isn't a world of social climbers or snobs or dollar-worshippers. Kenny He said if a modest and retiring stranger like himself could do that much, just think what an out-and-out social climber might achieve! Somewhere in Red Gap He was a "social climber" of the sort that would eat his own words if he thought they would do the smallest damage to his climbing. The Belfry It was raining when I got out at the Grand Central Station, and as I hurried along the platform to get a taxi I overtook an acquaintance of mine—a social climber. The "Goldfish" It should be said for the twins that they were not social climbers. The Wrong Twin When the cheap jack or the social climber dies, he may like it, but not the gentleman or lady. The Law-Breakers and Other Stories Yet he had heard her spoken of as a human glacier for freezing social climbers and pushers of every sort. We Can't Have Everything Some are social climbers, and mingle in company where verbal dress coats are worn; some are social degenerates, and consort with the ragamuffins and guttersnipes of language. The Century Vocabulary Builder Every manner of self-styled high-born and social climber showed up to be in the parade or at least be seen cheering it. Si'Wren of the Patriarchs Why not add to the first class the pachydermatous indifference to rebuffs which is of such service to the social climber, and, to the second, taste in dress and the habit of not repeating stories? A Handbook of Ethical Theory He is virtually unknown in that strange bedlam composed largely of social climbers and official poseurs called Washington society. The Mirrors of Washington Mrs. Simms herself was of a nondescript type, not a real personage, clever, good-looking, tasteful, a social climber. The Titan |
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