arriviste

[美]/ˌæriː'viːst/
[英]/ˌæri'vist/
词频: 极高

释义

n. 暴发户;一心想发迹的人;野心家
词形变化

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.

在投资银行这样一个冲劲十足、歧视老龄的行业中,能找到一个野心勃勃的53岁下属和一个泄了劲儿的70岁的老板,是多么令人欣喜啊。

The arriviste tried to fit in with the upper class.

这个暴发户试图融入上流社会。

She was considered an arriviste by the old money families.

她被那些有世代财富的家族视为暴发户。

The arriviste flaunted their newfound wealth.

这个暴发户炫耀着他们新获得的财富。

The arriviste was determined to climb the social ladder quickly.

这个暴发户决心迅速攀爬社会阶梯。

Many viewed the arriviste as lacking class and sophistication.

许多人认为这个暴发户缺乏阶级和品位。

The arriviste's lavish spending attracted attention.

暴发户奢侈的消费引起了注意。

He was an arriviste in the world of art.

在艺术界,他是个暴发户。

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

暴发户的权力崛起引起了怀疑。

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

暴发户渴望向已经建立的精英证明自己。

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

成为暴发户可能会带来一系列挑战。

原声例句

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世纪七八十年代,作家们着眼于眼前的向上爬的社会群体,戏剧《巅峰女孩》,《阿比盖尔的政党》中产阶级暴发户就像低劣的老鼠,不合时宜的红酒。

来源: 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.

然后是维奥莱特·麦基斯科,她的美貌已经被吹到她的表面,所以她停止了努力让自己有形地看到她作为一个尚未到来的暴发户的妻子的阴影地位。

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

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