橘子朗文词典

upwardly mobile

U 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˌʌp.wəd.li ˈməʊ.baɪl]
  • 美式音标 [ˌʌp.wɚd.li ˈmoʊ.bəl]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • adj. 走向富裕的；走向上层社会的

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • But this comes close: find a region where casinos are largely banned, but whose vast and upwardly mobile population is gambling mad.
    但接下来这个就近乎完美：先找个禁止开设赌场的地区，但却有着大量上升的流动人口，而且每个人都视赌如命。
  • White Roman Catholics, for example, have been upwardly mobile in terms of wealth, income, education and other measures of well-being in recent decades.
    例如白人罗马天主教徒在最近几十年中在财富、收入、教育、和其它衡量幸福的指标方面都在向上流动。
  • Luxury automakers are tripping over each other to appeal to this upwardly mobile and style-conscious class of consumers.
    豪华汽车制造商在吸引这群追求档次和时尚的新富阶层消费者时相互阻挠。

    • 权威例句

  • Gucci's Ford offers another reason why upwardly mobile men are investing more heavily in their wardrobes.
    FORBES: Making Money In Style
  • The place was hoping with styling and profiling execs and upwardly mobile office managers.
    FORBES: Who's Profiting From The Occupy Wall Street Movement?
  • Hamilton's second book, Sugar Hill, examines the double-edged sword of assimilation facing upwardly mobile Latinos.
    NPR: Denise Hamilton's Los Angeles Mysteries

词组短语

    短语

  • politically upwardly mobile personality 政治上有望擢升人士
  • Upwardly mobile young executives 的翻译是向上地流动年轻董事
  • upwardly mobile chinese citizens 生活水准提高的中国人

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • moving or able to move to a higher social class, for example by becoming richer

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you describe someone as upwardly mobile, you mean that they are moving, have moved, or are trying to move to a higher social position.
  • The upwardly mobile are people who are upwardly mobile.