（沪教牛津版）二年级英语下册应用文 yuppie.doc

1、yuppieThe term yuppie (short for “young urban professional“ or “young upwardly-mobile professional“) refers to a market segment whose consumers are characterized as self-reliant, financially secure individualists. Since the late 1980s, the phrase “affluent professionals“ has been used as a synonym,

2、stripped of negative associations with the once-homogenous market. A young person who works in business, makes lots of money, and buys luxury items; often used in a derogatory way. It comes from the first letters of the phrase Young Urban Professional. 雅皮士是指那些从事商业，有钱，购买很多奢侈品的人；通常是贬义词。它由Young Urban Professional 的首字母组成，意思是年轻的城市专业人士。例：Tom is a classic yuppie - he has an expensive car, an expensive apartment, and an expensive wife. 汤姆是典型的雅皮士-他有奢侈的汽车、奢侈的公寓、奢侈的老婆。