upwardly mobile

英 [ˌʌpwədli ˈməʊbaɪl]

美 [ˌʌpwərdli ˈmoʊbl]

adj.  走向上层社会的; 走向富裕的; 步步高升的

牛津词典

adj.

• 走向上层社会的；走向富裕的；步步高升的
  moving towards a higher social position, usually in which you become richer
  1. upwardly mobile immigrant groups
     步步高升的移民群体
  2. an upwardly mobile lifestyle
     日益阔绰的生活方式

柯林斯词典

• ADJ (在社会地位上)向上流动的,往上爬的
  If you describe someone asupwardly mobile, you mean that they are moving, have moved, or are trying to move to a higher social position.
  1. The Party has been unable to attract upwardly mobile voters.
     该党一直不能吸引那些追求更高社会地位的选民。
  2. The upwardly mobileare people who are upwardly mobile.
     (在社会地位上)向上流动的人，往上爬的人
  3. ...the large detached houses of the upwardly mobile with their double garages and array of cars.
     处于上升阶层的人士所拥有的一栋栋独立的、带双车库的大房子和一排一排的轿车

双语例句

• But, in fact, many upwardly mobile Chinese fall somewhere in the middle, chasing personal fulfillment and consumer gratification with equal abandon.
  但事实上，许多向上登攀的中国人介乎中间，对于自我实现和消费满足同样纵情追逐。
• Building restrictions in vibrant cities and their nearby, exclusive suburbs prevent upwardly mobile people from relocating to places that offer the most economic opportunity.
  具体来说就是，政府限制人们在繁华城市及其周边专属郊区修建住宅后，正在向上流动的社会人群没法自由移居到发展机会更好的地方。
• Labour has lost the recruits once provided by the smokestack industries and a Conservative membership card no longer bestows social cachet on the upwardly mobile middle classes.
  工党已经失去了曾由传统工业输送的成员，保守党成员的身份牌也不再能给有望向社会上层流动的中产阶层赋予社会声望。
• A young upwardly mobile professional person; someone under 40 who prospered during the 1980s.
  有上升趋势的年青专业人士；40岁以下流行于十九世纪八十年代。
• Perkiness is further buoyed by upwardly mobile forecasts for economic growth.
  经济增长预期的上调进一步提振了乐观情绪。
• Nokia weathered criticism from investors that it was expending too much effort on high-end smartphones while its rival ate into its lucrative business selling expensive 'dumb' phones to upwardly mobile people around the world.
  他们说，在竞争对手侵蚀其颇为赚钱的业务、向全球社会经济地位不断提高的用户销售昂贵的傻瓜手机时，诺基亚却在高端智能手机上花费了太多的精力。
• So, soon, will the final adornment of any upwardly mobile city: an ikea.
  很快，与这经济飞跃相映成趣的最后修饰就将粉墨登场：宜家家居。
• The essence of Thatcherism was to oppose the status quo and bet on freedom& odd, since as a prim, upwardly mobile striver, she was in some ways the embodiment of conservatism.
  撒切尔主义的核心是反对现状，力争自由&这看上去难以理解。因为作为一个循规蹈矩，并且不停向上的奋斗者，从某种程度上来说，她是保守主义的化身。
• Britain's secondary-school exam results have every reason to be upwardly mobile.
  英国中学的考试成绩完全有可能大幅度上升。
• The meeting attracted upwardly mobile professional and political women.
  这次会议吸引了积极进取的职业和从政妇女。