yuppie

英 [ˈjʌpi]

美 [ˈjʌpi]

n.  雅皮士(城市中收入高、生活优裕的年轻专业人员)

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.19803 / COCA.17920

牛津词典

noun

• 雅皮士（城市中收入高、生活优裕的年轻专业人员）
  a young professional person who lives in a city and earns a lot of money that they spend on expensive and fashionable things

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 雅皮士（指收入高、生活奢侈的年轻人）
  Ayuppieis a young person who has a well-paid job and likes to show that they have a lot of money by buying expensive things and living in an expensive way.
  1. The Porsche 911 reminds me of the worst parts of the yuppie era.
     这辆保时捷911让我想起了雅皮士时代最不堪的那些日子。
  2. ...an ambitious yuppie lawyer.
     雄心勃勃的雅皮士律师

英英释义

noun

• a young upwardly mobile professional individual

双语例句

• In the meantime, a regular sufficient sleep and appropriate exercise can all help people grow immune to yuppie flu.
  同时，有规律的充足睡眠和适当的锻炼也可以增强人们对雅皮士流感的免疫力。
• While Hollywood still likes a good crazed villain making life miserable for an upstanding protagonist, a fictional yuppie hero nowadays is more likely to be plagued by a layoff or the crash of his mutual fund.
  虽然好莱坞现在仍然喜欢让肆意张狂的恶棍为了某个正直的主人公而落得悲惨下场，但一位虚构的雅皮士英雄如今更有可能因为下岗或共同基金的一笔现金而痛苦不堪。
• This joke is more of a reference to yuppie couples in Brentwood ( Los Angeles) and that kind of thing.
  电影中的玩笑更多的是在针对那些生活在洛杉矶的雅皮士夫妇们和他们的收养行为。
• This linear path was the yuppie sine qua non, the mark of a serious person who climbed the ladder.
  这种线性通道为雅皮士的必经之路，是攀爬经济阶梯的正经人士的一大标志。
• Suddenly a new species emerged: the yuppie.
  突然之间，一个新的物种出现了：雅皮士（yuppie）。
• They might still feel tired after a good sleep or feel anxious and easily get angry. This is a case of yuppie flu, which is contagious in offices.
  即使在饱睡一场后仍然感到疲劳，或是变得焦躁和易怒。这是蔓延于办公室的雅皮士流感的症状。
• Our neighborhood has recently become a yuppie gathering place.
  我们附近最近变成了一个雅皮士聚集的场所。
• It has even attracted a certain degree of media scepticism& being dubbed, at one time," yuppie flu ".
  它甚至还引起了一定程度上的媒体怀疑论&一度被称为“雅皮士流感”。
• Since the World War II, so many dazzling phenomenon of youth subcultures, such as rogue youth, skinheads, punk, hippie, yuppie, th lost generation and the beaten generation, have emerged endlessly in Europe and the United States.
  二战以来，欧美的无赖青年、光头党、朋克、嬉皮士、雅皮士、迷惘的一代、垮掉的一代等等令人眼花缭乱的青年亚文化现象层出不穷。
• A yuppie opened the door of his BMW when suddenly a car came along and hit the door, ripping it off completely.
  当一个雅皮士打开他的宝马车的车门时，另一辆车疾驰而过，把他的车门撞掉了。