记忆方法
1. yuppies（音译“雅皮士”）=> yuppie.
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中文词源
yuppie 雅皮士（城市中收入高，生活优裕的年青人）
缩写自young urban professional.
英语词源
- yuppie
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yuppie: [20] Yuppie is an acronym, formed in the USA from the initial letters of ‘young urban professional’. It came on the scene in 1984, and at first competed with yumpie (formed from ‘young upwardly mobile people’). It was yuppie which won out, and indeed has thrived to such an extent as to produce a whole range of (more or less ephemeral) clones such as buppie ‘black yuppie’, guppie ‘green [ecologically concerned] yuppie’, and Juppie ‘Japanese yuppie’.
- yuppie (n.)
- 1982, acronym from "young urban professional," ousting competition from yumpie (1984), from "young upward-mobile professional," and yap (1984), from "young aspiring professional." The word was felt as an insult by 1985.
权威例句
- 1. The Porsche 911 reminds me of the worst parts of the yuppie era.
- 这辆保时捷 911 让我想起雅皮士时代最糟糕的一面。
- 2. National chains that once ignored Harlem now anticipate yuppie money and want pieces of this prime Manhattan real estate.
- 曾经对哈莱姆区视而不见的全国性连锁企业，如今看中了雅皮士的钱包，也想在曼哈顿这块黄金地段分一杯羹。
- 3. If you're invited to a yuppie dinner party, don't be surprised if you're offered freshly-cooked insects as a first course.
- 如果你受邀参加雅皮士的晚宴，头一道菜是刚烹好的昆虫也不必惊讶。
- 4. This is a case of yuppie flu, which is contagious in offices.
- 这是一例雅皮士流感，这种病在办公室里会传染。