Word · Frequency #19803
Fully loadedyuppie
雅皮士
a young, well-paid middle-class professional who works in a city and has a luxurious lifestyle
- 1.
a young upwardly mobile professional individual; a well-paid middle-class professional who works in a city and has a luxurious life style
年轻的向上流动的专业人士；在城市工作的高薪中产阶级专业人士,过着奢华的生活方式
年轻的向上流动的专业人士；在城市工作的高薪中产阶级专业人士,过着奢华的生活方式；(美)雅皮士(属于中上阶层的年轻专业人士)
In use
The new manager is a yuppie who always wears designer suits and talks about stock options.
Yuppies often prefer living in downtown apartments near their offices.
She worked with several yuppies in her consulting firm, and they all seemed very ambitious.
a + yuppie
He became a yuppie after getting his first well-paid job.
他在得到第一份高薪工作后成了一名雅皮士。
yuppie + noun
yuppie 可作定语修饰名词，表示与雅皮士生活方式相关，如 yuppie culture（雅皮士文化）。
She quit her yuppie job to travel the world.
她辞掉了那份雅皮士式的工作去环游世界。
Common mistakes
He is yuppie.
Connections
Collocations
- yuppie culture
- 雅皮士文化
- The film captures the yuppie culture of late 1980s New York.这部电影捕捉了20世纪80年代末纽约的雅皮士文化。
- yuppie lifestyle
- 雅皮士生活方式
- They embraced the yuppie lifestyle, with fine dining and designer clothes.他们拥抱雅皮士生活方式，讲究美食和名牌服装。
- urban yuppie
- 城市雅皮士
- He plays an urban yuppie who quit his job to travel the world.他扮演一个辞职环游世界的城市雅皮士。
- wealthy yuppie
- 富有的雅皮士
- The luxury car brand targets wealthy yuppies in their thirties.这个豪车品牌以三十多岁的富有雅皮士为目标客户。
- yuppie couple
- 雅皮士夫妇
- The yuppie couple next door bought another designer handbag.隔壁的雅皮士夫妇又买了一个名牌手袋。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记法：把 yuppie 联想到 young（年轻）和 upward（向上）的开头，想象一个穿西装的年轻白领在城市里拼命往上爬，就是雅皮士。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：媒体评论、日常对话 yuppie 通常用于非正式语境，多出现在媒体评论或日常谈论年轻人的生活与消费方式时，带有一点调侃或轻微贬义；正式文体中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 /ˈjʌpi/ 押韵的词：puppy /ˈpʌpi/、guppy /ˈɡʌpi/（重读元音和后面的辅音、尾音一致）。拼写相近的词要注意发音不同：hippie /ˈhɪpi/、yappy /ˈjæpi/、happy /ˈhæpi/ 的重读元音分别是 /ɪ/、/æ/、/æ/，与 /ʌ/ 不同，因此不押韵；yucky /ˈjʌki/ 虽与 yuppie 一样以 /jʌ/ 开头，但结尾不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.