wannabe

英 [ˈwɒnəbi]

美 [ˈwɑːnəbi]

n.  (名人的)崇拜模仿者

复数：wannabes　第三人称单数：wannabes　

BNC.45111 / COCA.17487

牛津词典

noun

• （名人的）崇拜模仿者
  a person who behaves, dresses, etc. like sb famous because they want to be like them

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 效颦者
  If you call someone awannabe, you are saying in an unkind way that they are trying very hard to be like another person or group of people.
  1. ...a feeble James Dean wannabe.
     詹姆斯·迪安的拙劣模仿者
  2. ...wannabe musicians who don't know which way up to hold their guitars.
     梦想成为音乐家、却连吉他都不知道怎么拿的人

英英释义

noun

• an ambitious and aspiring young person
  1. a lofty aspirant
  2. two executive hopefuls joined the firm
  3. the audience was full of Madonna wannabes
  Synonym:aspirantaspirerhopefulwannabee

双语例句

• JP Morgan will remain a wannabe in mergers and acquisitions and equities.
  摩根大通仍将是一家崇尚并购和股票业务的公司。
• I suspect that the wannabe property magnates were among the losers.
  我猜，赶超他人的地产大亨肯定出自那些失败者。
• You don't think I wannabe with my family?
  你觉得我不想和家人在一起？
• Chuck the odd comfort food into the darkened room where he is almost certainly glued to a screen all day and look forward to him emerging one day as a wannabe lawyer!
  不妨把那些稀奇古怪的安慰食物（comfortfood）扔进他呆的小黑屋（几乎可以肯定，他整天都粘着电脑），期待着有朝一日他自己走出来并决心成为一名律师！
• Or you may be a wannabe political commentator, monitoring science policy and its potential impacts.
  或者你可能想成为一位政治评论家，监视科学政策及其可能的影响。
• Yet even among the workaday ( or wannabe) wealthy, marrying for money has become a popular pursuit.
  然而，即便是在朝九晚五、发财无门的上班族中，为钱而婚也已经成为了一项颇为流行的人生追求。
• Wannabe man-eaters everywhere will rush to buy the copy.
  所有那些想成为吃男人的女人的人都会争相购买。
• You another young wannabe fighter, come a dime a dozen.
  你只是一个不起眼的小拳手。
• The restoration party faces fierce competition from other wannabe third forces.
  目前维新党正面临来自其他希望成为第三极势力的党派的激烈竞争。
• Wannabe musicians looking for a hit should turn to the past for inspiration, said the researcher Joan Serra, of the Spanish National Research Institute.
  西班牙国家研究所研究员琼尼·萨拉说，想要成为音乐家的人们应该从过去的音乐中发掘灵感。