| 单词 | self-made man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasself-made man self-made man n. †(a) a self-created man (obsolete rare); (b) (originally U.S.) a man who has achieved wealth, status, etc., through personal effort or hard work, rather than by accident of birth, esp. one who has come from a poor background. ΚΠ 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis sig. A4v Thus Capa peia is that Gallant great, Horrid, Transformed self-made Man, Compleat. 1817 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 17 Feb. These men, who might be styled self-made men, were generally more acquainted with the views..of the people, than those who had been dandled in the lap of fortune. 1854 C. Dickens Hard Times i. iv. 18 Mr. Bounderby..could never sufficiently vaunt himself a self-made man. 1979 D. Anthony Long Hard Cure x. 86 He owns a chain of department stores..one of those self-made men, who went to work at fourteen as a stockboy. 2011 J. Buchan Trawlerman xii. 259 I'm a self-made man. I got where I am today through hard work. < as lemmas |
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