upstarts

英 [ˈʌpstɑːts]

美 [əpˈstɑrts]

n.  自命不凡的新上任者; 狂妄自大的新手
upstart的复数

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

双语例句

• Levi Strauss, the jeans company, no longer figures in the global top 100 after losing its place as a premium brand to upstarts.
  牛仔裤制造商LeviStrauss由于将高端品牌的地位让给了后起之秀，因此不再跻身全球百强品牌之列。
• Worst of all, ranking by reputation allows famous places to coast along, while making life hard for feisty upstarts.
  更糟糕的是，根据名气来评级会让名校成绩下滑，而让那些充满活力的新兴学校生存困难。
• Internet banking has failed to live up to its promise, both for traditional banks and for the upstarts that were supposed to wipe them out.
  网络银行在实现自己的承诺方面已经失败，无论是对传统银行还是新兴大客户，都应该将它清理出局。
• While scorning the hoopla of traditional brands, the upstarts are racing to build brands of their own.
  虽然看不起传统商标太过吵闹，新贵们正迅速地建立属于自己的牌子。
• Nim and his kind were trouble-making upstarts.
  尼姆和他那一帮人是专找麻烦的暴发户。
• Throughout the year, networks ( and now upstarts like streaming-media services) are rolling out series that seem meaty enough to merit at least a first round of sampling and debate.
  在这一整年里，各大电视台（现在流媒体等新兴平台也加入其中）推出了似乎内容足够有料、至少值得头一轮品鉴和辩论的剧集。
• One of OPEC's biggest bugaboos is losing control of prices to hedge funds and other speculators that they view collectively as upstarts.
  欧佩克最感头痛的一个问题是，油价控制权正在被冲基金和其他投机商夺走。
• There is also every reason to believe that the current recession will produce lots of upstarts.
  我们非常有理由相信，目前的衰退会催生很多新企业。
• But Hefner says he does not resent the upstarts that made his once raunchy publication look tame.
  不过，赫夫纳说，他不恨使他那一度淫秽的杂志显得平淡的这些新的暴发户。
• Their instinct is to protect industries and companies that already exist, not the upstarts that would destroy them.
  政府的本职是保护现有的产业和公司，而不是那些将它们赶尽杀绝的新贵。