• 基础释义
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  • 柯林斯词典释义
例句
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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    (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.
    例句
    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。 ...an upstart who had come from nowhere. 原本是个无名之辈的目中无人的新丁