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

• 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。
• The two options this article explores initng and upstart are not the only two games in town.
  本文中介绍的这两种方法initng和upstart并不是只有这两种程序可以替代init。
• An upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments.
  作出自以为是的、逞能的、讽刺的、或傲慢无礼的评论的暴发户。
• Upstart requires that you update the initialization scripts to support the event-based mode of operation.
  Upstart要求您更新初始化脚本来支持基于事件的操作模式。
• Forty years ago, upstart companies from a rising Japan pushed western competitors to the wall.
  40年前，来自崛起中日本的企业新贵们把西方竞争对手逼到了墙角。
• Upstart bureaucrats, financiers, officials, etc.
  突然发迹的官僚、金融家、官员等。
• 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”。
• 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。
• The race to catch up with Google comes as the internet upstart continues to strengthen its grip on searching.
  追赶Google的竞赛开始时，正值这家互联网新贵在持续加强对搜索业务的控制。
• 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？