upstarts

英 [ˈʌpstɑːts]

美 [əpˈstɑrts]

n. 自命不凡的新上任者; 狂妄自大的新手
upstart的复数

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT （初到某地或初出茅庐却）自命不凡的家伙
You can refer to someone as anupstartwhen 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.
1. Many prefer a familiar authority figure to a young upstart.
  很多人都更愿意跟自己熟悉的权威人物打交道，而不是一个年纪轻轻却自命不凡的家伙。
2. ...an upstart who had come from nowhere.
  原本是个无名之辈的目中无人的新丁

双语例句

But if Facebook doesn't do it, there are dozens and dozens of upstarts that help personalize ads down to a personal level, though a lot of them have privacy issues.
但是如果Facebook不去做这件事的话，还有很多很多的初创公司可以帮助企业把广告定制到个人层面，不过其中很多牵涉到隐私问题。
While scorning the hoopla of traditional brands, the upstarts are racing to build brands of their own.
虽然看不起传统商标太过吵闹，新贵们正迅速地建立属于自己的牌子。
The line is blurring as upstarts shift toward producing more original material, but the point stands.
随着新兴网站逐渐增加原创内容，两类网站之间的界线渐趋模糊，但上述论点依然成立。
But Hefner says he does not resent the upstarts that made his once raunchy publication look tame.
不过，赫夫纳说，他不恨使他那一度淫秽的杂志显得平淡的这些新的暴发户。
In fictions of ancient China such as Stories of the Five Dynasties, some gangsters or hooligans are often described as upstarts who made careers for themselves by entering military service.
流氓无赖发迹成为英雄猛将，是古代白话小说中经常出现的母题。
And even if the upstarts keep stealing marginal customers, the far superior networks of the incumbents should help them retain the highest-value customers.
即便后起之秀不断夺走边际用户，老牌运营商优越得多的网络应当有助于它们留住最高价值的客户。
Nim and his kind were trouble-making upstarts.
尼姆和他那一帮人是专找麻烦的暴发户。
Their instinct is to protect industries and companies that already exist, not the upstarts that would destroy them.
政府的本职是保护现有的产业和公司，而不是那些将它们赶尽杀绝的新贵。
One of OPEC's biggest bugaboos is losing control of prices to hedge funds and other speculators that they view collectively as upstarts.
欧佩克最感头痛的一个问题是，油价控制权正在被冲基金和其他投机商夺走。
There is also every reason to believe that the current recession will produce lots of upstarts.
我们非常有理由相信，目前的衰退会催生很多新企业。