parvenu
英 ['pɑ?v?nu?; -nju?]
美['pɑrv?nu]
- n. 暴发户，新贵
- adj. 暴发户的
词态变化
复数:?parvenus;
中文词源
parvenu 暴发户，新贵
来自法语parvenu,来自par,通过，来到，-venu,到来，词源同venue,advent.即新来的，引申词义暴发户，新贵。
英文词源
- parvenu (n.)
- "upstart," 1802, from French parvenu, "said of an obscure person who has made a great fortune" (Littré); noun use of past participle of parvenir "to arrive" (12c.), from Latin pervenire "to come up, arrive, attain," from per- "through" (see per (prep.)) + venire "to come" (see venue). As an adjective from 1828.
双语例句
- 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The parvenu was much too foxy to let slip even a hint of his working - class background.
- 暴发户十分狡猾,他决不暴露自己是工人出身这一事实.
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- 3. Do not cross this, should surmount a parvenu in old A Bai when, his trip!
- 不过这次, 就在老阿伯要超越新贵时, 他摔倒了!
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