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yuppie

/yuhp-ee/US // ˈyʌp i //UK // (ˈjʌpɪ) //

雅皮士,雅痞,小资,小资情调

Related Words

clone克隆,克隆人,克隆式,克隆式的 suit适合,适合的,适应,适应性 button-down纽扣式,钮扣式,纽扣衫,纽扣式的

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural yup·pies.
- : a young, ambitious, and well-educated city-dweller who has a professional career and an affluent lifestyle.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounyoung upwardly mobile professional

Synonyms

clone克隆,克隆人,克隆式,克隆式的 suit适合,适合的,适应,适应性 button-down纽扣式,钮扣式,纽扣衫,纽扣式的 conspicuous consumer显性消费,显眼的消费者,显性的消费,显性的消费者 three-piecer三拼板,三角形的人,三角洲,三角锥 urban professional城市专业人员,城市专业人士,城市专家,城市专业 white-collar worker白领工人,白领人士,白领工作者,白领

Examples

Part of what led that wave of yuppies coming in, was a sense of, “Oh my God, here’s my chance to make money.”
Because in 1980, yuppie culture was just beginning to blossom.
In April 1992, U.S. News and World Report, called her the “overbearing yuppie wife from hell.”
If you met him in a bar, he might be all likkered up and decide he wants to kick your pasty, yuppie ass just for the hell of it.
I do realize this response makes me seem two-thirds boring and one-third yuppie, proportions that are, alas, accurate.
The specter of the yuppie is simply raised from time to time to remind the viewer of the "real" Bostonians' essential qualities.

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