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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The upstarts live high. The new rich aped the nobility.
  暴发户们生活奢侈。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。