请看外电中的如此一句话:Facing intense competition both from global rivals like General Motors Corp. and domestic upstarts like Chery Automobile1 Co., VW has seen its market share drop to 18 percent, from well over 50 percent in the 1990s.文中的upstart 指的是暴发户;新贵。国内改革开放初期,在沿海区域出现一批一夜暴富的人,就是这里的upstart。Upstart作动词用时,意思是忽然跳起,忽然发,其暴发户的意思就是由此引申而来。除此之外,upstart还可作形容词用,表示暴富的、狂妄自大的。比如:an upstart interloper(无营业执照的暴发户);He dreaded2 their upstart ambition.(他惧怕他们的狂妄野心。)
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