单词乎

parvenu

音标['pɑ:vәnju:]

汉语翻译

n. 暴发户, 新贵

英语解释

名词 parvenu:

  1. a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
    同义词:upstart, nouveau-riche, arriviste

形容词 parvenu:

  1. characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position
    同义词:nouveau-riche, parvenue, upstart
  2. of or characteristic of a parvenu
    同义词:parvenue

例句

  1. The parvenu invited guests but they all hung off.
    这个暴发户邀请了客人,但是他们都不愿意去。

详细解释


par.ve.nu

n.(名词)
A person who has suddenly risen to a higher social and economic class and has not yet gained social acceptance by others in that class.
暴发户:突然升到一个更高的社会或经济地位但尚未得到该价级的其他人承认的人

来源:
French [from past participle of] parvenir [to arrive]
法语 [] 源自parvenir的过去分词 [到达]
from Latin pervenore
源自 拉丁语 pervenore
per [through] * see per
per [通过] *参见 per
venore [to come] * see g w3-
venore [来] *参见 g w3-

【引伸】
par.venu.
adj.(形容词)

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