释义 |
upwardly mobileˌupwardly ˈmobile adjective - A great deal of the nudge-nudge wink-wink routine by the young upwardly mobile male executives was the usual response to her presence.
- Conforming to the more rigid traditions such as locking up women is a privilege only the upwardly mobile can afford.
- He should be an achiever and upwardly mobile in his job.
- Perhaps the upwardly mobile middle classes in 1990s Detroit are now surrounding themselves with postmodern houses and artefacts!
- The congregation was mostly young, unmarried, well-educated and upwardly mobile.
- The Kotalawalas and the in Rayigam Korale, were both upwardly mobile Goyigama families with much local influence.
- The Praga became a favoured haunt for upwardly mobile apparatchiks, visiting VIPs and wedding parties.
- We had moved to an upwardly mobile suburb of Chicago.
to move into a higher social class► move/go up in the world · Hillary was bright and ambitious and wanted to move up in the world.· Education, he believed, was the only way that anyone could move up in the world. ► upwardly mobile someone who is upwardly mobile is in the process of moving into a higher class, especially because they have a well-paid job: · a highly educated, upwardly mobile young woman· The dating agency specializes in finding partners for the young and upwardly mobile. ► social climber someone who wants very much to move into a higher social class, and tries to do this by becoming friendly with people who have more money and power than they do: · The new private schools cater for the children of social climbers rather than those of the old upper classes.· The hotel lobby was full of the usual hangers-on and social climbers. ► Sociologyabdicate, verbaffirmative action, nounage discrimination, nounageism, nounalienation, nounalmshouse, nounbackground, nounbeatnik, nounbeggar, nounbetterment, nounbirthrate, nounbohemian, adjectivebondage, nouncarer, nouncaretaker, nouncase work, nouncaste, nouncity planning, nouncommoner, nounconditioning, nounconsumer society, nounculture, noundisease, noundosser, noundoss house, noundown-and-out, noundownwardly mobile, adjectiveeuthanasia, nounformative, adjectivegenteel, adjectivegentlefolk, noungentleman, noungentlewoman, noungentry, noungeriatric, adjectivegerontology, noungrey, adjectivehermit, nounhierarchy, nounhippie, nounHonourable, adjectiveindependence, nounindustrialism, nouninequality, nouninfrastructure, nouninner city, nouninstitution, nouninstitutionalize, verbintegrate, verbliteracy, nounlower class, nounlow life, nounmatrix, nounmeritocracy, nounmobile, adjectivemores, nounmortality, nounNew Age traveller, nounorder, nounoutreach, nounpatriarchy, nounpecking order, nounpeer pressure, nounpetty bourgeois, adjectiveplebeian, nounpolitics, nounprogress, nounrank, nounreaction, nounrear, verbreceive, verbredneck, nounrevolution, nounsecularism, nounservice, nounsexual, adjectivesister, nounslave, nounslavery, nounsnowbird, nounsocial, adjectivesocial, nounsocialization, nounsocial science, nounsocial studies, nounsocial work, nounsocial worker, nounsociety, nounsocio-, prefixsocioeconomic, adjectivesoup kitchen, nounstratified, adjectivestratum, nounstreet people, nounsubgroup, nounsuburbanite, nounsuburbia, nounsupport group, nountownie, nountown meeting, nountown planning, nountownspeople, nountramp, noununattached, adjectiveuncle, noununconventional, adjectiveunderclass, nounupwardly mobile, adjectivewhite-collar, adjectiveworking class, noun moving up through the social classes and becoming richer: the upwardly mobile middle classes—ˌupward moˈbility noun [uncountable] |