| 单词 | parvenue |
| 释义 | parvenue (once / 123118 pages) adj WORD FAMILY parvenue USAGE EXAMPLESOn the other, Kim got away lightly in the parvenue stakes. The Guardian(Oct 06, 2016) He could see Olive's face flush under the selfish rudeness of the parvenue, but the girl, repressing her impulse to reply heatedly, remained silent. Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis), The Wireless Officer(2011) Incessantly occupied with the ambition to appear a true aristocrat, in whom one could not perceive the parvenue, she had no room for other thoughts. Schubin, Ossip, Felix Lanzberg's Expiation(2011) 1adj of or characteristic of a parvenu Syn parvenu new not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered 2adj characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position Syn nouveau-riche, parvenu, upstart pretentious making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction |
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