upstart
英 ['?pstɑ?t]
美['?pstɑrt]
- n. 暴發(fā)戶(hù)；自命不凡的人；傲慢自負(fù)的人
- adj. 暴富的；自命不凡的
- vt. 使…突然跳起；使…崛起
- vi. 突然跳起；崛起
考試真題
- You cannot buy class, as the old saying goes, and these upstart entrepreneurs cannot buy their prizes the prestige of the Nobels.
出自-2014年考研閱讀原文