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parvenu (PAR vuh noo) A newcomer to a “higher” level of social or economic status, one who doesn’t yet know “how it’s done”—this French noun brings with it into English a nondemocratic, judgmental perspective.
- “Hubert, that parvenu? I would never trust him to advise me on my finances. He doesn’t even know how to place his silver at the end of the meal,” Mrs. Hayes sniffily observed.
- Although his wealthy guests from the fashionable side of the bay were happy to attend Jay Gatsby’s parties and drink his illegal alcohol, they continued to regard him as a parvenu, a man with a fancy automobile but without a horse.
——摘自《Fiske WordPower: The Most Effective System for Building a Vocabulary That Gets Results Fast》
机器翻译，仅供参考
parvenu（标准杆数vuh-noo）一个“更高”社会或经济地位的新人，一个还不知道“这是怎么做到的”的人，这个法语名词在英语中带来了一种非民主的、评判性的观点。
- “休伯特，那个暴发户？我永远不会相信他会就我的财务状况向我提供建议。他甚至不知道如何在用餐结束时放银，”海斯夫人嗤之以鼻地说道
- 尽管他来自海湾时尚一侧的富有客人很乐意参加杰伊·盖茨比的派对并喝他的非法酒精，但他们仍然认为他是一个暴发户，一个有着高档汽车但没有马的人
