upstarts

英 [ˈʌpstɑːts] 美 [əpˈstɑrts]

n.  自命不凡的新上任者; 狂妄自大的新手
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柯林斯词典

  1. 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 an upstart when 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
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双语例句

  1. But if Facebook doesn't do it, there are dozens and dozens of upstarts that help personalize ads down to a personal level, though a lot of them have privacy issues.
    但是如果Facebook不去做这件事的话，还有很多很多的初创公司可以帮助企业把广告定制到个人层面，不过其中很多牵涉到隐私问题。
  2. Unfortunately for the upstarts, many big tech companies have co-opted open source themselves, to fill gaps in their own technology& and have added support for the code to their own business plans.
    对初创公司来说遗憾的是，很多大型科技公司已自己新上马了开源项目，来填补自身技术上的空白，并且已把开源代码支持服务加入到它们自己的商业计划中。
  3. 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。
  4. 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。
  5. In my world, that means a startup, and it's very inspiring to hear historical takes about little upstarts that can do amazing things.
    在我的世界里，处于下风就意味着建立一家初创型企业，听听历史上初出茅庐的小人物所成就的了不起的大事非常让人受启发。
  6. Although privately livid about having been compelled to create powerful new competitors as a condition of entry into China, foreign companies have started to realise that, if they are not able to beat the upstarts, they may be better off joining them.
    尽管私下对为了进入中国市场而被迫创造了强大的新竞争对手感到震怒，但外国公司已经开始意识到，如果它们无法击败新起之秀，最好或许还是与它们为伍。
  7. Crowning "stars" among literary upstarts is killing them.
    把所谓“明星”捧做文唐袈贵即是抹杀他们。
  8. 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。
  9. 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。
  10. 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。
  11. In fictions of ancient China such as Stories of the Five Dynasties, some gangsters or hooligans are often described as upstarts who made careers for themselves by entering military service.
    流氓无赖发迹成为英雄猛将，是古代白话小说中经常出现的母题。
  12. The upstarts and their wives also point to advantages in their way of life.
    暴发户和他们的老婆们也在他们的生活方式方面显出优越感。
  13. 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。
  14. 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。
  15. 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。
  16. The upstarts live high. The new rich aped the nobility.
    暴发户们生活奢侈。
  17. 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。
  18. 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。
  19. 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。
  20. 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。
  21. 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。
  22. The dotcom bust exposed that trend as an illusion, forcing the upstarts to serve their time in junior roles.
    互联网泡沫破灭表明这种趋势只是假象，迫使那些职场新人在初级职位上熬年份。
  23. Big Pharma, eager to refill its emptying drug pipelines, has in recent years looked hopefully to biotech's upstarts.
    打的制药商渴望能够再填充药物运输的空缺，就近几年来看，对生物化学的新型企业看上去比较有希望。
  24. The line is blurring as upstarts shift toward producing more original material, but the point stands.
    随着新兴网站逐渐增加原创内容，两类网站之间的界线渐趋模糊，但上述论点依然成立。
  25. 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。
  26. 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。
  27. Stories of upstarts in China
    中国式暴富
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