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

• This kid's definitely a wannabe.
  这个孩子明显是个帮会追随者。
• The bar is frequented by wannabe actresses and film directors.
  这间酒吧常常有幻想成名成家的女演员和电影导演光顾。
• That wannabe producer boyfriend do this to you?
  那该死的制作人男朋友对你干了这个？
• 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。
• 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！
• Turn me into some poppy bubblegum wannabe.
  把我变成那些任人摆布的白痴的。
• 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。
• You don't think I wannabe with my family?
  你觉得我不想和家人在一起？
• Tests for wannabe immigrants or citizens came into vogue in the era after September 11 2001.
  针对移民或公民申请者的考试，是在2011年9月11日之后流行起来的。
• You another young wannabe fighter, come a dime a dozen.
  你只是一个不起眼的小拳手。