(单词翻译:单击)
请看外电中的这样一句话:Facing intense competition both from global rivals like General Motors Corp. and domestic upstarts like Chery Automobile1 Co., VW has seen its market share drop to 18 percent, from well over 50 percent in the 1990s.文中的upstart 指的是"暴发户;新贵"。我国改革开放初期,在沿海地区涌现出一批一夜暴富的人,就是这里的upstart。Upstart作动词用时,意思是“突然跳起,突然发”,其“暴发户”的含义就是由此引申而来。此外,upstart还可作形容词用,表示“暴富的”、“狂妄自大的”。例如:an upstart interloper(无营业执照的暴发户);He dreaded2 their upstart ambition.(他惧怕他们的狂妄野心。)
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n.汽车,机动车 | |
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adj.令人畏惧的;害怕的v.害怕,恐惧,担心( dread的过去式和过去分词) | |
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