Arriviste
Significado: An ambitious social climber
A person who has recently acquired wealth or status and is aggressively ambitious about advancing further. More critical than simply 'social climber.'
Ejemplos
- Dismissed as an arriviste. 被当作暴发户而被轻视despreciado como un advenedizo成り上がり者として退けられた벼락출세자로 무시당했다.
- The arrivistes at the party. 派对上的那些暴发户los advenedizos de la fiestaパーティーにいた成り上がり者たち파티에 온 벼락출세자들.
- Arriviste behaviour. 暴发户式的行为comportamiento de advenedizo成り上がり者的な振る舞い벼락출세자 같은 행동.
Pronunciación
Guía de uso
Contexto: literary, social commentary
Tono: critical, snobbish
✓ Correcto
- Regarded as an arriviste被视为暴发户considerado un advenedizo成り上がり者と見なされている벼락출세자로 여겨지는
✗ Incorrecto
- Very critical and pretentious非常有批判性且装腔作势的用语Muy crítico y pretencioso非常に批判的で気取った言い方매우 비판적이고 잘난 체하는 표현
Errores comunes
- Using without understanding full implications
Origen e historia
French word meaning 'one who has arrived' (socially), adopted into English with implications of pushiness and vulgarity in the pursuit of status.
Etimología: French arriviste (one who has arrived)
Primera vez registrado: 19th century English usage
Contexto cultural
Era: 19th century onwards
Generation: Literary, educated
Social background: Old money criticism of new money
Pop culture: Social novels
Regional notes: French loan word.
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