arriviste
英 [,æriː'viːst]
美[,æri'vist]
- n. 暴发户；一心想发迹的人；野心家
英英释义
- 1. a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
中文词源
arriviste 攀龙附凤之人
arrive的戏谑用法。
英文词源
- arriviste (n.)
- "pushy, ambitious person," 1901, from French arriviste, from arriver "to arrive" (see arrive). The notion is of a person intent on "arriving" at success or in society.
词态变化
复数: arrivistes;