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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
Related word
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
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