arrivistes

[美國]/ˌæriː'viːst/
[英國]/ˌæri'vist/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

n. 暴發戶;一心想發跡的人;野心家

例句

How delightful to find an arriviste underling of 53 and a slacking boss of 70 in a thrusting, ageist industry such as investment banking.

在投資銀行這樣一個衝勁十足、歧視老齡的行業中,能找到一個野心勃勃的53歲下屬和一個泄了勁兒的70歲的老闆,是多麼令人欣喜啊。

The arriviste tried to fit in with the upper class.

這個暴發戶試圖融入上流社會。

She was considered an arriviste by the old money families.

她被那些有世代財富的家族視爲暴發戶。

The arriviste flaunted their newfound wealth.

這個暴發戶炫耀着他們新獲得的財富。

The arriviste was determined to climb the social ladder quickly.

這個暴發戶決心迅速攀爬社會階梯。

Many viewed the arriviste as lacking class and sophistication.

許多人認爲這個暴發戶缺乏階級和品位。

The arriviste's lavish spending attracted attention.

暴發戶奢侈的消費引起了注意。

He was an arriviste in the world of art.

在藝術界,他是個暴發戶。

The arriviste's rise to power was met with skepticism.

暴發戶的權力崛起引起了懷疑。

The arriviste was eager to prove themselves to the established elite.

暴發戶渴望向已經建立的精英證明自己。

Being an arriviste can come with its own set of challenges.

成爲暴發戶可能會帶來一系列挑戰。

原聲例句

By the 1970s and 1980s writers were looking down their noses at social climbers, in plays like Top Girls and Abigail's Party, in which a middle-class arriviste serves cheesy nibbles and the wrong kind of wine.

20世紀七八十年代,作家們着眼於眼前的向上爬的社會羣體,戲劇《巔峰女孩》,《阿比蓋爾的政黨》中產階級暴發戶就像低劣的老鼠,不合時宜的紅酒。

來源: The Economist (Summary)

Then Violet McKisco, whose prettiness had been piped to the surface of her, so that she ceased her struggle to make tangible to herself her shadowy position as the wife of an arriviste who had not arrived.

然後是維奧萊特·麥基斯科,她的美貌已經被吹到她的表面,所以她停止了努力讓自己有形地看到她作爲一個尚未到來的暴發戶的妻子的陰影地位。

來源: The Night's Gentle Embrace (Part 1)

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