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发信人: watergod (共工), 信区: English
标 题: A.Word.A.Day--arriviste(转载)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2000年10月29日14:02:23 星期天), 转信
【 以下文字转载自 watergod 的信箱 】
【 原文由 Wordsmith 所发表 】
arriviste (a-ree-VEEST) noun
1. A person who has recently attained high position or great power
without due effort or merit; an upstart.
2. An unscrupulous, vulgar social climber; a bounder.
[French, from arriver, to arrive, from Old French ariver.]
"Even for those with little religious feeling, the spectacle of
arriviste Alawite families from Syria's northern hills lording it
over the grand old families of Damascus and Aleppo is hard to
swallow."
Bashar's world, Economist, Jun 17, 2000.
This week's theme: words to describe people.
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Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. -Henry David Thoreau,
naturalist and author (1817-1862)
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