Yuppie[ young urban professionals + (hip) pie]的用法和樣例:
例句
Planners turned the once-bustling Boat Quay into a yuppie watering hole and set rules for the controversial restoration of Chinatown shop houses. 規劃人員把曾經(jīng)人來(lái)人往的船碼頭變成了雅皮士的水上活動(dòng)場(chǎng)所,并且制訂了頗受爭議的恢復唐人街店鋪的條例。
A device that was a yuppie toy not so long ago has now become a potent force for economic development in the world's poorest countries. 在不遠的過(guò)去還是雅皮士們玩具的手機,現在已經(jīng)成為世界上最貧窮的國家經(jīng)濟發(fā)展的潛在動(dòng)力之一。