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

• Every upstart needs capital.
  每个新贵都需要资本。
• The upstart initialization program replaces/ sbin/ init.
  upstart初始化程序代替了/sbin/init。
• 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。
• He regarded me as a young upstart.
  他把我看作是一个年轻的新贵。
• If Apple wins against HTC, that would be bad news for upstart handset firms.
  若苹果赢了htc，那对众多蓬勃发展的手机公司，也许是个噩耗。
• I like to think of Converse as a100-year-old upstart.
  我喜欢把匡威看作一个一百岁的新贵。
• 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。
• 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。
• He dreaded their upstart ambition.
  他惧怕他们的狂妄野心。
• 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。