arriviste

英 [ˌæriːˈviːst] 美 [ˌæriːˈviːst]

n.  攀龙附凤的人

复数:arrivistes

法律

BNC.41485 / COCA.40666



牛津词典

noun

  1. 攀龙附凤的人
    a person who is determined to be accepted as a member of a social group, etc. to which they do not really belong

    柯林斯词典

    1. N-COUNT (一心想跨入社会权贵阶层的)攀高结贵者,野心勃勃的人
      You describe someone as an arriviste when you are criticizing them because they are trying very hard to belong to an influential or important social group which you feel they have no right to belong to.
      1. A woman regarded by some as a pushy arriviste.
        被一些人认为是一心想攀龙附骥的女人
      2. ...political arrivistes.
        政治野心家

    双语例句

    1. A woman regarded by some as a pushy arriviste.
      被一些人认为是一心想攀龙附骥的女人
    2. The coats of my growing-up seemed too all-encompassing, too obliterating of the person underneath. That, or just too nakedly arriviste.
      在我成长过程中看到的皮草都显得过于厚重以至整个人都陷在里面,或者干脆使穿着皮草的人看上去都像急于显富的暴发户。
    3. She had more respect for Michaelis, on whose name they all poured such withering contempt, as a little mongrel arriviste, and uneducated bounder of the worst sort.
      他们一提起蔑克里斯的名,便盛气凌人地骂他是杂种的幸进者,是无教育的最贱的下流人,但是康妮却比较尊重他。
    4. Boasting about size may be poor form and the sign of an arriviste.
      吹嘘规模或许并非得体的行为,也是暴发户的象征。
    5. The present consumption behaviour of female in China is of the following characteristics: arriviste consumption after inhibition, conflicting and symbolizing consumption.
      目前我国女性消费行为呈现出以下特点:受压抑之后的暴发户式的消费;言行不一的消费:象征性消费。

    英英释义

    noun

    1. a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class

        Synonym:    upstartparvenunouveau-riche