careerist

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who pursues the advancement of their career at the expense of other values. derogatory
    — A careerist is a square-filler, a time-server. His talents and imagination have been circumscribed to perform managerial duties.
  2. A person who takes a job, especially in the military, for a long time rather than temporarily.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to such a person or way of life

词形变化

careerists plural more careerist comparative most careerist superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
noncareerist
相关词
careerism

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English career
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English careerist
From career + -ist.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English career
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English careerist
From career + -ist.
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