Of a person: that would like to be; wishing to be; aspiring; posing as. As a mock addition (often as postmodifier) to a personal name or title. Cf…
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释义 | the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > [adjective] > ambitious > would be (thought) (4) would-be?c1400 Of a person: that would like to be; wishing to be; aspiring; posing as. As a mock addition (often as postmodifier) to a personal name or title. Cf… would-have-been1744 That would have been (what is denoted by the following noun phrase). Sometimes also: (of a person) that would like to have been. would-be-thought1805 wishing to be considered as. wannabe1986 Desiring or aspiring to be a specified person or type of person; would-be. Also in extended use of a product designed to emulate or rival another… |
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