| 单词 | upwardly mobile |
| 释义 | > as lemmasupwardly mobile upwardly mobile adj. = upward-mobile at upward adv. 1e. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > [adjective] > socially mobile mobile1846 vertical1927 upward-mobile1949 spiralist1957 upwardly mobile1964 1964 Sunday Times 23 Aug. 10/2 The barriers within that structure..can be crossed by upwardly-mobile Jews. 1967 A. Lurie Imaginary Friends vi. 68 Suppose she were to..marry some upwardly mobile local boy. 1973 Publishers Weekly 3 Sept. 50/2 Son of upwardly mobile parents, his youth has been a series of movings—from apartment to ever better apartment. 1981 Times 22 May 14/2 The Liberal voter.., the upwardly mobile, ex~working-class malcontent. 1984 New Yorker 13 Feb. 39/1 A purely personal prejudice, this, and not to be taken seriously by upwardly mobile executives. < as lemmas |
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