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

• Stories of upstarts in China
  中国式暴富
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。