upwardly mobile

英 [ˌʌpwədli ˈməʊbaɪl]

美 [ˌʌpwərdli ˈmoʊbl]

adj.  走向上层社会的; 走向富裕的; 步步高升的

牛津词典

adj.

• 走向上层社会的；走向富裕的；步步高升的
  moving towards a higher social position, usually in which you become richer
  1. upwardly mobile immigrant groups
     步步高升的移民群体
  2. an upwardly mobile lifestyle
     日益阔绰的生活方式

柯林斯词典

• ADJ (在社会地位上)向上流动的,往上爬的
  If you describe someone asupwardly mobile, you mean that they are moving, have moved, or are trying to move to a higher social position.
  1. The Party has been unable to attract upwardly mobile voters.
     该党一直不能吸引那些追求更高社会地位的选民。
  2. The upwardly mobileare people who are upwardly mobile.
     (在社会地位上)向上流动的人，往上爬的人
  3. ...the large detached houses of the upwardly mobile with their double garages and array of cars.
     处于上升阶层的人士所拥有的一栋栋独立的、带双车库的大房子和一排一排的轿车

双语例句

• Look up!; the music surged up; the fragments flew upwards; prices soared upwards; upwardly mobile.
  向上看；音乐令人激情荡漾；碎片漫天飞扬；价格暴涨；向上升的，有上升趋势的。
• This is at a time when all indications suggest that upwardly mobile and newly prosperous Chinese have the same powerful urge to own a car as consumers in the United States, Japan and Western Europe.
  各项指标都显示，日益增多的中国新贵们，同美国，日本和欧洲的消费者一样，都迫切地想拥有自己的汽车。
• Britain's secondary-school exam results have every reason to be upwardly mobile.
  英国中学的考试成绩完全有可能大幅度上升。
• So, soon, will the final adornment of any upwardly mobile city: an ikea.
  很快，与这经济飞跃相映成趣的最后修饰就将粉墨登场：宜家家居。
• Nokia weathered criticism from investors that it was expending too much effort on high-end smartphones while its rival ate into its lucrative business selling expensive 'dumb' phones to upwardly mobile people around the world.
  他们说，在竞争对手侵蚀其颇为赚钱的业务、向全球社会经济地位不断提高的用户销售昂贵的傻瓜手机时，诺基亚却在高端智能手机上花费了太多的精力。
• A second career type was linear, in which all job changes were upwardly mobile in the same career path. Each job paid more than the last and had more responsibility, but rarely deviated from the same basic field.
  第二种职业模式为线型，也就是每次换工作都是在同一条职业道路上向上爬，每份工作都比上一份薪酬高、权责大，但几乎不会偏离基本领域。
• Even the numbering of the floors was a bit of upwardly mobile sleight of hand, calibrated to enhance the perception of what the developer, the Related Companies, marketed as Five Star Living.
  就连楼层的编号方式也别出心裁，强化了开发商RelatedCompanies提出的五星级居住环境的营销概念。
• Building restrictions in vibrant cities and their nearby, exclusive suburbs prevent upwardly mobile people from relocating to places that offer the most economic opportunity.
  具体来说就是，政府限制人们在繁华城市及其周边专属郊区修建住宅后，正在向上流动的社会人群没法自由移居到发展机会更好的地方。
• Britain is not a truly fluid society; upwardly mobile.
  英国不是一个真正变化大的社会；向上变化的。
• A young upwardly mobile professional person; someone under 40 who prospered during the 1980s.
  有上升趋势的年青专业人士；40岁以下流行于十九世纪八十年代。