| 单词 | nouveau-riche |
| 释义 | nouveau-riche (once / 407563 pages) adjn Someone who's nouveau-riche has recently become wealthy and enjoys spending money. Your nouveau-riche neighbor might buy six expensive cars and put lion sculptures in his front yard. The term nouveau-riche is a derogatory term meant to mock people who have a lot of money but don't have the good taste to spend it in a "classy" way. The implication is that it's more socially acceptable to inherit money and the long traditions that go with it than to suddenly become wealthy. Nouveau-riche, "new rich" in French, dates from 1813, but the idea goes back to the ancient Greek concept of neo-ploutos. WORD FAMILYnouveau-riche USAGE EXAMPLESIt's the story of a young woman's vengeance on her nouveau-riche stepmother who abandoned her in a landfill. Seattle Times(Oct 19, 2012) He effectively serves as empire’s face of piracy: an overweight nouveau-riche wannabe hacker who finally gets his comeuppance through the macho justice of Uncle Sam. Salon(Sep 03, 2012) It looks odd as the setting for the nouveau-riche Faninal family home. BusinessWeek(Feb 03, 2012) 1adj characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position Syn parvenu, parvenue, upstart pretentious making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction 2n a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class Syn|Hypo|Hyper arriviste, parvenu, upstart climber, social climber someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior juniorterm of address for a disrespectful and annoying male lion-huntersomeone who tries to attract social lions as guests disagreeable person, unpleasant person a person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
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