yuppie是什么意思？

yuppie

英['jʌpɪ] 美[ˈjʌpi]

• n. （美）雅皮士（属于中上阶层的年轻专业人士）；

复数：yuppies;

例句

• My friend is a yuppie. He lives in a huge house in Beverly Hill and earn $ 85,000 a year. 我朋友是城市里一个雅皮士. 他住在贝费利希尔斯的一所大房子里,年薪为八万五千美元.
• Anyway, that's a yuppie joint. 无论如何, 雅皮愿意去那儿.
• ...an ambitious yuppie lawyer. 雄心勃勃的雅皮士律师
• The Porsche 911 reminds me of the worst parts of the yuppie era. 这辆保时捷911让我想起了雅皮士时代最不堪的那些日子。
• This guy is a superficial yuppie with no intellect whatsoever... 这个家伙是个肤浅的雅皮士，没有什么头脑。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  雅皮士（指收入高、生活奢侈的年轻人）
  A yuppie is a young person who has a well-paid job and likes to show that they have a lot of money by buying expensive things and living in an expensive way.
  例句
  The Porsche 911 reminds me of the worst parts of the yuppie era. 这辆保时捷911让我想起了雅皮士时代最不堪的那些日子。 ...an ambitious yuppie lawyer. 雄心勃勃的雅皮士律师

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a young upwardly mobile professional person; someone under 40 who prospered during the 1980s