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

• Like all upstarts, he had had recourse to a great deal of haughtiness to maintain his position.
  象一切暴发户一样，他以前经常装出一种过份的骄傲以维持他的地位。
• 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。
• It joins an array of Hollywood upstarts peddling social listening, a growing field that uses algorithms to slice and dice chatter on social media.
  它同一大批好莱坞新贵一道，推销倾听社交网络&这是一个正在发展的领域，使用算法详细分析社交媒体上的闲聊。
• 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。
• 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。
• Stories of upstarts in China
  中国式暴富
• And even if the upstarts keep stealing marginal customers, the far superior networks of the incumbents should help them retain the highest-value customers.
  即便后起之秀不断夺走边际用户，老牌运营商优越得多的网络应当有助于它们留住最高价值的客户。
• It captures the cut-throat world of 1980s Wall Street, a time when anything could, and did, happen as the traditional way of doing business was turned on its head by upstarts such as KKR.
  该书描绘了上世纪80年代华尔街那个尔虞我诈的世界，那时，传统的经营方式被KKR这样的新贵完全颠覆，什么事都有可能发生，也确实发生了。
• 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。
• A few years ago, the answer likely involved Linux, Red Hat, MySQL and other disruptive open source upstarts.
  几年前，答案可能包括Linux，RedHat，MySQL和其它一些小有颠覆性成就的开源软件。