基本释义upstart纠错英 ['ʌpstɑːt] 美 ['ʌpstɑrt] n. 暴发户；自命不凡的人；傲慢自负的人adj. 暴富的；自命不凡的vt. 使…突然跳起；使…崛起vi. 突然跳起；崛起柯林斯英汉双解大辞典upstart /ˈʌpˌstɑːt/ 1.可数名词 You can refer to someone as anupstart when they behave as if they are important, but you think that they are too new in a place or job to be treated as important. 自命不凡的新手表不满例：Many prefer a familiar authority figure to a young upstart.许多人更喜欢熟悉的权威人物而不喜欢自命不凡的年轻新贵。
