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parvenu
英 ['pɑːvənuː; -njuː]美 ['pɑrvənu]
n. 暴發戶，新貴
adj. 暴發戶的
中文詞源
parvenu 暴發戶，新貴
來自法語parvenu,來自par,通過，來到，-venu,到來，詞源同venue,advent.即新來的，引申詞義暴發戶，新貴。
英語詞源
parvenu (n.)
"upstart," 1802, from French parvenu
, "said of an obscure person who has made a great fortune" (Littré); noun use of past participle of parvenir "to arrive" (12c.), from Latin pervenire "to come up, arrive, attain," from per- "through" (see per (prep.)) + venire "to come" (see venue). As an adjective from 1828.權威例句
1. The parvenu invited guests but they all hung off.
這個暴發戶邀請了客人,但是他們都不願意去.
2. The parvenu was much too foxy to let slip even a hint of his working - class background.
暴發戶十分狡猾,他決不暴露自己是工人出身這一事實.
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3. Do not cross this, should surmount a parvenu in old A Bai when, his trip!
不過這次, 就在老阿伯要超越新貴時, 他摔倒了!
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