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单词 post-yuppie
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post-yuppie
post-yuppie adj. and n.
Brit. /(ˌ)pəʊs(t)ˈjʌpi/
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U.S. /ˌpoʊs(t)ˈjəpi/
(a) adj. of, relating to, or characteristic of the cultural or economic circumstances following the economic boom in the mid to late 1980s with which yuppies are associated, esp. as typified by a rejection of some of the more materialistic attitudes and values associated with this time; (b) n. a young, wealthy professional, esp. one who rejects some of the more materialistic attitudes or values associated with yuppies.
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1985 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 7 Feb. 16 Does this new rush of interest suggest that we have turned the corner toward a post-Yuppie, more selfless America?
1988 Alfred Hitchcock's Myst. Mag. Feb. 61/2 A new multimillion dollar affair that catered to post-yuppies.
1996 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 9 June h1 The American public, especially the ‘post yuppie’, is into shopping around for one-of-a-kind..or used furniture.
2003 D. Gaines Misfit's Manifesto xvi. 381 Who cares if meditation is a post-yuppie fad, a by-product of our vapid hypermaterialism?
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