yuppie

英 [ˈjʌpi] 美 [ˈjʌpi]

n.  雅皮士(城市中收入高、生活优裕的年轻专业人员)

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Collins.1 / BNC.19803 / COCA.17920



牛津词典

noun

  1. 雅皮士(城市中收入高、生活优裕的年轻专业人员)
    a young professional person who lives in a city and earns a lot of money that they spend on expensive and fashionable things

    柯林斯词典

    1. N-COUNT 雅皮士(指收入高、生活奢侈的年轻人)
      A yuppie is a young person who has a well-paid job and likes to show that they have a lot of money by buying expensive things and living in an expensive way.
      1. The Porsche 911 reminds me of the worst parts of the yuppie era.
        这辆保时捷911让我想起了雅皮士时代最不堪的那些日子。
      2. ...an ambitious yuppie lawyer.
        雄心勃勃的雅皮士律师

    双语例句

    1. This guy is a superficial yuppie with no intellect whatsoever
      这个家伙是个肤浅的雅皮士,没有什么头脑。
    2. The Porsche 911 reminds me of the worst parts of the yuppie era.
      这辆保时捷911让我想起了雅皮士时代最不堪的那些日子。
    3. They might still feel tired after a good sleep or feel anxious and easily get angry. This is a case of yuppie flu, which is contagious in offices.
      即使在饱睡一场后仍然感到疲劳,或是变得焦躁和易怒。这是蔓延于办公室的雅皮士流感的症状。
    4. Yuppie flu is somewhat psychosomatic, but it shouldn` t be ignored as sufferers face the risk of sudden death.
      雅皮士流感在某种程度上与精神状态有关,但却不容忽视,因为患者有猝死的危险。
    5. In the meantime, a regular sufficient sleep and appropriate exercise can all help people grow immune to yuppie flu.
      同时,有规律的充足睡眠和适当的锻炼也可以增强人们对雅皮士流感的免疫力。
    6. It's obvious he transformed into a Yuppie.
      显然他变成了一个雅皮士。
    7. While Hollywood still likes a good crazed villain making life miserable for an upstanding protagonist, a fictional yuppie hero nowadays is more likely to be plagued by a layoff or the crash of his mutual fund.
      虽然好莱坞现在仍然喜欢让肆意张狂的恶棍为了某个正直的主人公而落得悲惨下场,但一位虚构的雅皮士英雄如今更有可能因为下岗或共同基金的一笔现金而痛苦不堪。
    8. This linear path was the yuppie sine qua non, the mark of a serious person who climbed the ladder.
      这种线性通道为雅皮士的必经之路,是攀爬经济阶梯的正经人士的一大标志。
    9. Our neighborhood has recently become a yuppie gathering place.
      我们附近最近变成了一个雅皮士聚集的场所。
    10. It's true you're with this yuppie scum?
      你真的和这个垃圾的雅皮士在一起?
    11. Suddenly a new species emerged: the yuppie.
      突然之间,一个新的物种出现了:雅皮士(yuppie)。
    12. A yuppie opened the door of his BMW when suddenly a car came along and hit the door, ripping it off completely.
      当一个雅皮士打开他的宝马车的车门时,另一辆车疾驰而过,把他的车门撞掉了。
    13. Were the dog's bullocks compared to these yuppie frocks.
      我还是比较喜欢牛仔裤和皮夹。
    14. This joke is more of a reference to yuppie couples in Brentwood ( Los Angeles) and that kind of thing.
      电影中的玩笑更多的是在针对那些生活在洛杉矶的雅皮士夫妇们和他们的收养行为。
    15. In red braces and huge stripes the Yuppie was born and also our love of excess that continued unabashed until recently.
      雅皮士(城市职业阶层中的年轻人士)的红色条纹背带,以及我们那过多的爱情,到现在都还泰然自若的继续着。
    16. Jeffery, yuppie to the max, was always as close to perfection in his appearance as he could be.
      杰夫是彻头彻尾的雅皮士,一向仔细地全力打扮自己的外表。
    17. While retailers say a top marketing weapon in urban China is to charge more for public consumption. That's because Chinese customers have different priorities than their American yuppie counterparts.
      不过零售商们却说,在中国城市营销的一个最强有力的武器就是对大众消费品制定高价格,原因是中国消费者的侧重点与美国的雅皮士们不同。
    18. It has even attracted a certain degree of media scepticism& being dubbed, at one time," yuppie flu ".
      它甚至还引起了一定程度上的媒体怀疑论&一度被称为“雅皮士流感”。
    19. That woman with hair dishevelled who stand by salad cabinet is a little likes yuppie in90th age.
      站在色拉柜旁边哪个披头散发的女人有点像90年代的雅皮士。
    20. Last year after the stock market crash, a big joke on Wall Street was: What's the difference between a yuppie stockbroker and a pigeon?
      去年股票市场崩毁以后,一个更大的笑话在华尔街流传:一位雅皮士股票经纪人和鸽子之间有什么区别?
    21. It was called 'yuppie flu' in the 1980s because sufferers tend to be aged between 20 and 40 and the illness was most frequently seen among professional people.
      二十世纪八十年代,这种疾病被称为雅皮士流感,因为大多数患者年龄介于20岁到40岁之间,且多为专业人士。
    22. Medical experts now know that yuppie flu is a real condition that can seriously affect quality of life and health for half a year or longer.
      而现在医学专家已经知道,雅痞感冒确实是一种病,会严重影响生活质量和身体健康长达半年或更久。
    23. A Hippy and Yuppie Professor
      嬉皮+雅皮的教授
    24. Since the World War II, so many dazzling phenomenon of youth subcultures, such as rogue youth, skinheads, punk, hippie, yuppie, th lost generation and the beaten generation, have emerged endlessly in Europe and the United States.
      二战以来,欧美的无赖青年、光头党、朋克、嬉皮士、雅皮士、迷惘的一代、垮掉的一代等等令人眼花缭乱的青年亚文化现象层出不穷。

    英英释义

    noun

    1. a young upwardly mobile professional individual