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social climber noun[ C ] disapprovinguk /ˌsəʊ.ʃəl ˈklaɪ.mər/ us /ˌsoʊ.ʃəl ˈklaɪ.mɚ/ someone who tries to improve their social position by being very friendly to people from a higher social class趋炎附势的人,试图挤入上流社会的人 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Class & class-consciousness in general anti-bourgeois anti-snob arriviste bougie gentrification gentrify go/come down in the worldidiom go/come up in the worldidiom petit bourgeois petty bourgeois pleb plebby the bottom of the heapidiom the gentry the petite bourgeoisie the upper crust underclass ungenteel ungentrified upper class
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social climbing
social climber | American Dictionary social climber noun[ C ] us/ˈsoʊ·ʃəl ˈklɑɪ·mər/ disapproving someone who tries to move into a higher social rank |