wannabe
noun[C],adjective
informaldisapprovinguk/ˈwɒn.ə.bi/us/ˈwɑː.nə.bi/apersonwho istryingtobecomefamous, usuallyunsuccessfully:
梦想成功(或出名)者Thebarisfrequentedby wannabeactressesandfilmdirectors.这家酒吧经常有梦想成名的女演员和电影导演光顾。
Synonyms
aspirantformal
hopeful
Wanting things
- ache forsomething
- acquisitive
- ambitious
- ambitiously
- angle
- angle forsomething
- burn
- fancy
- hanker after/forsomething
- haveyoureye onsomethingidiom
- hunger
- hunger after/forsomething
- pine
- setyourheart onsomething/doing somethingidiom
- setyoursights onsomethingidiom
- shook
- sight
- someone'sheart's desireidiom
- straw
- super-ambitious