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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。