social climbern.

Brit.

/ˌsəʊʃl ˈklʌɪmə/, U.S.

/ˌsoʊʃ(ə)l ˈklaɪmər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: social adj., climber n.

Etymology: < social adj. + climber n., probably after social climbing n. Compare later social climb v.

Originally U.S. Frequently depreciative.

A person who attempts (frequently by means considered disreputable) to attain a higher social status, esp. acceptance in fashionable society, or is anxious to do so.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > [noun] > social mobility > social climbing or status seeking > person

ladder-climber1870

social climber1894

status seeker1944

1894 Harper's Mag. Aug. 404/1 She's a social climber; bound to get there from the start.

1926 S. Lewis Mantrap viii. 95 You sniveling little social climber!

1941 A. Christie Evil under Sun ix. 178 There are many of your English idioms that describe him. The rough diamond! The self-made man! The social climber!

1973 Black World Mar. 21 Whatever the shortcomings of our early literary efforts, they ought not be considered in the main as the reprehensible fumblings of middle-class social-climbers.

2003 D. Nicholls Starter for Ten xxii. 190 Call yourself a Socialist, but in the end you're just like all the other social-climbers at this university.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	social climber
释义	social climbern. Brit. /ˌsəʊʃl ˈklʌɪmə/, U.S. /ˌsoʊʃ(ə)l ˈklaɪmər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: social adj., climber n. Etymology: < social adj. + climber n., probably after social climbing n. Compare later social climb v. Originally U.S. Frequently depreciative. A person who attempts (frequently by means considered disreputable) to attain a higher social status, esp. acceptance in fashionable society, or is anxious to do so. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > [noun] > social mobility > social climbing or status seeking > person ladder-climber1870 social climber1894 status seeker1944 1894 Harper's Mag. Aug. 404/1 She's a social climber; bound to get there from the start. 1926 S. Lewis Mantrap viii. 95 You sniveling little social climber! 1941 A. Christie Evil under Sun ix. 178 There are many of your English idioms that describe him. The rough diamond! The self-made man! The social climber! 1973 Black World Mar. 21 Whatever the shortcomings of our early literary efforts, they ought not be considered in the main as the reprehensible fumblings of middle-class social-climbers. 2003 D. Nicholls Starter for Ten xxii. 190 Call yourself a Socialist, but in the end you're just like all the other social-climbers at this university. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1894
随便看	to put into requisition to put into shape to put into vogue to put into words to put it about to put it across to see the year out to see things to see through to see through a brick wall to see through a glass darkly to see through a ladder to see through brick walls to see through rose-coloured glasses to see through rose-coloured spectacles to see through rose-tinted glasses to see through rose-tinted spectacles to see through rosecoloured glasses to see through rosecoloured spectacles to see through rosetinted glasses to see through rosetinted spectacles to see through the other end of the perspective to see through the press to see through the wrong end of the perspective to see to