parvenu meaning in English
n.
〔法语〕暴发户;新贵。
adj.
(像)暴发户的。
Examples
- The parvenu invited guests but they all hung off
这个暴发户邀请了客人,但是他们都不愿意去。 - " because fernand and danglars , being both parvenus , both having become noble , both rich , are about equal in worth , excepting that there have been certain things mentioned of him that were never said of me .
“因为弗尔南多和腾格拉尔两个人都是暴发户,都后来成了贵族,都发了财,所以大家都差不多,只是在某些事情上,有人提到他,却从来没谈到过我。 ”