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单词 social climbers
释义

social climber

noun

: one who attempts to gain a higher social position or acceptance in fashionable society
social climbing noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web But Gatsby also comes to mind, as does Zelig, popping up in every corner of the culture; even Rastignac, the ceaseless social climber of several Balzac novels. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2022 O’Neal stars as the titular 18th-century Irish rogue and social climber in Stanley Kubrick’s visually ravishing 1975 adaptation of Thackeray’s 19th-century novel. Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022 The term first comes up in Our Kind of People during a heated exchange between the rivals Leah (Nadine Ellis) and Angela (Yaya DaCosta); Leah accuses Angela of being a social climber who can’t compare to the island’s elite, of which Leah is a part. Tanisha C. Ford, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2022 It’s 1978, and Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga), a middle-class social climber who works for her father’s trucking company in Milan, struts through the parking lot with butt-twitching gusto as the truck-crew members wolf whistle at her. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Nov. 2021 Rodolfo immediately dismisses Patrizia as a gold digger, a déclassé social climber who can’t tell a Picasso from a Klimt. David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 Nov. 2021 Prince Harry is a depressed man-child who is married to a social climber. Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2021 The space in between provides this shameless social climber a whirlwind tour of all the fame, fortune and romance a modern city can offer. Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2021 Upon Ramona's return to the table, Sonja responds to the first conversation prompt, which sends her spiraling on a rant about how Ramona is a social climber with no authentic purpose. Mary Sollosi, EW.com, 20 Aug. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

social climbers

noun

plural of social climber
as in name-droppers

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • name-droppers
  • elitists
  • snobs
  • snots
  • snoots
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