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Definition of social climber in English: social climbernoun derogatory A person who is anxious to gain a higher social status. 〈贬〉急于挤进上流社会的人，往上爬的人 Example sentencesExamples - In such a setting he could demonstrate to the social climbers that they could benefit from a marital alliance with him.
- The fashion and political worlds are better represented these days, and there are plenty of tourists, paparazzi and social climbers.
- Shakespeare's father, John was a social climber who spent years lobbying for a coat of arms, and a sometime loan shark, whose usury saw him dragged into court at least once, according to surviving records.
- What is certain about Andersen is that he was an inveterate social climber, and managed to latch on to some useful patrons.
- He's a sycophant social climber who's not beyond using a little groveling to ingratiate himself with someone who advance his opportunities.
- Never leave a social climber in charge of your legacy.
- But an unprecedented study into class mobility, revealed today by Scotland on Sunday, suggests the boom days are over for social climbers.
- The lowly servant, however, is also a social climber who seizes control of the situation for his own benefit.
- The social climbers thrust their way into the noble preserve not to destroy it but to make it their own.
- As judicious middle class social climbers, they are intent on providing their daughter and son with a good match for their marriages.
Synonyms status seeker, would-be, go-getter, self-seeker, adventurer, adventuress
Derivativesnoun derogatory Was love more important than wealth or did romance take a back seat to social climbing? Example sentencesExamples - But as others have noted, there's a lot of social climbing at these events.
- The mythological paintings and mosaics thus become primarily symbols of ‘high culture,’ an indispensable accessory to social climbing.
- A culture of social climbing and grandiose political gestures was expressed visually in the decoration of domestic space with elaborate painted wall schemes, bronze and marble sculpture, and extravagant minor arts.
- Yet for all the social climbing and craving for acceptance, there were times when Archer showed genuine humility.
Definition of social climber in US English: social climbernounˌsoʊʃəl ˈklaɪmərˌsōSHəl ˈklīmər derogatory A person who is eager to gain a higher social status. 〈贬〉急于挤进上流社会的人，往上爬的人 Also called climber Example sentencesExamples - In such a setting he could demonstrate to the social climbers that they could benefit from a marital alliance with him.
- As judicious middle class social climbers, they are intent on providing their daughter and son with a good match for their marriages.
- Shakespeare's father, John was a social climber who spent years lobbying for a coat of arms, and a sometime loan shark, whose usury saw him dragged into court at least once, according to surviving records.
- Never leave a social climber in charge of your legacy.
- What is certain about Andersen is that he was an inveterate social climber, and managed to latch on to some useful patrons.
- The social climbers thrust their way into the noble preserve not to destroy it but to make it their own.
- The lowly servant, however, is also a social climber who seizes control of the situation for his own benefit.
- But an unprecedented study into class mobility, revealed today by Scotland on Sunday, suggests the boom days are over for social climbers.
- The fashion and political worlds are better represented these days, and there are plenty of tourists, paparazzi and social climbers.
- He's a sycophant social climber who's not beyond using a little groveling to ingratiate himself with someone who advance his opportunities.
Synonyms status seeker, would-be, go-getter, self-seeker, adventurer, adventuress
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