arrivistes

  • n.攀龙附凤的人
  • arriviste的复数
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    N-COUNT (一心想跨入社会权贵阶层的)攀高结贵者,野心勃勃的人
    You describe someone as an arriviste when you are criticizing them because they are trying very hard to belong to an influential or important social group which you feel they have no right to belong to.

    A woman regarded by some as a pushy arriviste.

    被一些人认为是一心想攀龙附骥的女人

  1. The Torlonia family , originally the Tourlonais , were French arrivistes who became wealthy through an exclusive contract to supply uniforms to Italy 's French occupiers during the Napoleonic years and grew richer after 1782 when they opened a bank that catered to the nobility and eventually the Vatican , which still has ties to the bank .

    托洛尼亚家族本姓托洛纳斯(Tourlonais),拿破仑一世时期,通过独家为法国占领者提供制服而发家,1782年,这个家族开设了一个为贵族和梵蒂冈服务的银行,从而变得更加富有。梵蒂冈至今仍与该银行有牵连。