social climber
noun[C]
disapprovinguk/ˌsəʊ.ʃəl ˈklaɪ.mər/us/ˌsoʊ.ʃəl ˈklaɪ.mɚ/someone whotriestoimprovetheirsocialpositionby being veryfriendlytopeoplefrom ahighersocialclass
趋炎附势的人，试图挤入上流社会的人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
- pedigreed
- petit bourgeois
- petty bourgeois
- pleb
- social mobility
- the bottom of the heapidiom
- the gentry
- the petite bourgeoisie
- the upper crust
- trailer trash
- underclass
- upper class