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　

GRETEM8

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.
  1. 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。
  2. ...an upstart who had come from nowhere.
     原本是个无名之辈的目中无人的新丁

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
  Synonym:kip
• a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
  Synonym:parvenunouveau-richearriviste
• an arrogant or presumptuous person

双语例句

• 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。
• That, however, was a strategic mistake that enhanced the upstart competitor.
  然而，那时的安排是一个战略性错误，它增强了突然兴起的竞争对手的实力。
• Until recently, it was easy to dismiss such ambitions as the hubristic musings of a young upstart.
  直到最近，人们很容易将这类雄心壮志视为年轻新贵的狂妄自大。
• 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”。
• He regarded me as a young upstart.
  他把我看作是一个年轻的新贵。
• 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？
• 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。
• The Ubuntu upstart system is an event-based approach for init system replacement.
  Ubuntuupstart系统是替代init系统的一个基于事件的方法。
• But within AIG, an upstart entrepreneurial subsidiary was booming.
  但在AIG内部，企业子公司正在蓬勃发展。
• Thanks to one 19th Century upstart, one also must be dead to appear on a bill.
  多亏了19世纪那个自命不凡的人，一个人必须是去世之后才有资格出现在美元上。