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词汇 bright young thing
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Definition of bright young thing in English:

bright young thing

noun
  • An enthusiastic, ambitious, and self-consciously fashionable young person, a term originally applied in the 1920s to a member of a young fashionable set noted for exuberant and outrageous behaviour.

    热情洋溢、雄心勃勃而又自觉追求时尚的年轻人(原指20世纪20年代行为放纵的英国时髦年轻人)

    his mansion in Los Angeles was a magnet for the bright young things of Hollywood
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's the era of the bright young thing again and the ultra feminine look suits them down to the toes.
    • Mortimer certainly qualifies as a bright young thing.
    • The event will see the designer giving advice to those bright young things who want to follow in his footsteps.
    • The bright young things behind the bar are clearly still befuddled by the complicated computer tills.
    • Alongside their real life stories we'll discover if today's bright young things can do it - old style.
    • When they were told that the paper's workforce had gone on strike, these bright young things were dumbfounded.
    Synonyms
    fop, beau, man about town, glamour boy, rake
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