upstarts

英 [ˈʌpstɑːts]

美 [əpˈstɑrts]

n.  自命不凡的新上任者; 狂妄自大的新手
upstart的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （初到某地或初出茅庐却）自命不凡的家伙
  You can refer to someone as anupstartwhen they behave as if they are important, but you think that they are too new in a place or job to be treated as important.
  1. Many prefer a familiar authority figure to a young upstart.
     很多人都更愿意跟自己熟悉的权威人物打交道，而不是一个年纪轻轻却自命不凡的家伙。
  2. ...an upstart who had come from nowhere.
     原本是个无名之辈的目中无人的新丁

双语例句

• Unfortunately for the upstarts, many big tech companies have co-opted open source themselves, to fill gaps in their own technology& and have added support for the code to their own business plans.
  对初创公司来说遗憾的是，很多大型科技公司已自己新上马了开源项目，来填补自身技术上的空白，并且已把开源代码支持服务加入到它们自己的商业计划中。
• The dotcom bust exposed that trend as an illusion, forcing the upstarts to serve their time in junior roles.
  互联网泡沫破灭表明这种趋势只是假象，迫使那些职场新人在初级职位上熬年份。
• But if Facebook doesn't do it, there are dozens and dozens of upstarts that help personalize ads down to a personal level, though a lot of them have privacy issues.
  但是如果Facebook不去做这件事的话，还有很多很多的初创公司可以帮助企业把广告定制到个人层面，不过其中很多牵涉到隐私问题。
• Crowning "stars" among literary upstarts is killing them.
  把所谓“明星”捧做文唐袈贵即是抹杀他们。
• The line is blurring as upstarts shift toward producing more original material, but the point stands.
  随着新兴网站逐渐增加原创内容，两类网站之间的界线渐趋模糊，但上述论点依然成立。
• Although privately livid about having been compelled to create powerful new competitors as a condition of entry into China, foreign companies have started to realise that, if they are not able to beat the upstarts, they may be better off joining them.
  尽管私下对为了进入中国市场而被迫创造了强大的新竞争对手感到震怒，但外国公司已经开始意识到，如果它们无法击败新起之秀，最好或许还是与它们为伍。
• Big Pharma, eager to refill its emptying drug pipelines, has in recent years looked hopefully to biotech's upstarts.
  打的制药商渴望能够再填充药物运输的空缺，就近几年来看，对生物化学的新型企业看上去比较有希望。
• And even if the upstarts keep stealing marginal customers, the far superior networks of the incumbents should help them retain the highest-value customers.
  即便后起之秀不断夺走边际用户，老牌运营商优越得多的网络应当有助于它们留住最高价值的客户。
• A few years ago, the answer likely involved Linux, Red Hat, MySQL and other disruptive open source upstarts.
  几年前，答案可能包括Linux，RedHat，MySQL和其它一些小有颠覆性成就的开源软件。
• Internet banking has failed to live up to its promise, both for traditional banks and for the upstarts that were supposed to wipe them out.
  网络银行在实现自己的承诺方面已经失败，无论是对传统银行还是新兴大客户，都应该将它清理出局。