| 词汇 | parvenu |
| 释义 | parvenu noun[ C ] formaldisapprovinguk /ˈpɑː.və.nuː/ us /ˈpɑːr.və.nuː/ someone from a low social position who has suddenly become rich or successful暴发户 Synonym arrivistedisapproving Class & class-consciousness in general anti-bourgeois anti-snob arriviste bougie gentrification gentrify go/come down in the worldidiom go/come up in the worldidiom petty bourgeois pleb plebby plebeian the bottom of the heapidiom the gentry the petite bourgeoisie the upper crust underclass ungenteel ungentrified upper class Examples of parvenuparvenu From this unpromising start, the story apparently went, the young parvenu founded a great people. Later (clearly after the ascent of the parvenu), the sages continue, many forms of death and suffering will descend on the kingdom. My noble friend who sits below me, and leads me, is a parvenu compared with me and others of us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps its sense of noblesse oblige does not quite square with the parvenu erstwhile direct grant schools, which are trying to gain status from the scheme rather than anything else. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These people, though, had their hands full with the "parvenus", supplying them with enough money, a burden that weighed on the poors backs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Old money contrasts with the "nouveau riche" and "parvenus". From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They served the parvenu well. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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