A yuppie is a young person with a good professional job — a lawyer, a banker, someone in finance or advertising — who lives in the city and seems to care mostly about earning money and buying expensive things. Nice suit, nice watch, nice apartment, always busy, always talking about work.

A yuppie雅痞 is是指 a young person with a good professional job有不錯專業工作的年輕人 a lawyer, a banker, someone in finance or advertising律師、銀行員、做金融或廣告的人 who lives in the city住在城市裡 and seems to care mostly about好像最在乎的就是 earning money and buying expensive things賺錢和買貴的東西 Nice suit, nice watch, nice apartment西裝好看、手錶好看、公寓好看 always busy總是很忙 always talking about work總是在講工作

The word is an insult, or at least a criticism. It is not a neutral job description. When you call someone a yuppie you are saying they are shallow, that money and status matter more to them than people do. Nobody says "I am a yuppie" seriously; they might say it as a joke about themselves.

The word這個詞 is是 an insult, or at least a criticism一種侮辱，或至少是一種批評 It它 is not不是 a neutral job description中立的職業說法 When you call someone a yuppie當你叫某人雅痞 you are saying你是在說 they are shallow他們很膚淺 that money and status matter more to them than people do錢和地位對他們來說比人還重要 Nobody沒有人 says it seriously會正經地說 "I am a yuppie"「我是雅痞」 they might say it as a joke about themselves他們可能只是拿自己開玩笑這麼說

It has a date stamp on it. The word came out of America in the early 1980s and is tied tightly to that decade — the boom years, the sharp shoulder pads, the huge mobile phones, films about greedy Wall Street traders. Because of that, using it today makes you sound a little bit old, or makes it clear you are talking about the eighties.

It它 has a date stamp on it帶著時代印記 The word這個詞 came out of America in the early 1980s是1980年代初從美國出現的 and is tied tightly to that decade跟那個年代緊緊綁在一起 the boom years, the sharp shoulder pads, the huge mobile phones, films about greedy Wall Street traders經濟繁榮的那幾年、誇張的墊肩、笨重的大哥大手機、講華爾街貪婪交易員的電影 Because of that正因如此 using it today makes you sound a little bit old現在用這個詞會讓你聽起來有點老派 or makes it clear you are talking about the eighties或者讓人清楚知道你在講八零年代

Younger speakers now reach for other words for the same complaint: hipster (different flavour — trendy rather than rich), or tech bro, or simply "rich kids." So yuppie is best understood as a word you will meet when reading about that period, and one that still works today if you want the specific 1980s flavour of money-first ambition. The adjective and the noun for the way of life are yuppie too: yuppie bars, yuppie neighbourhoods, and there was even a word yuppiedom for the whole world of them.

Younger speakers現在年輕人 now reach for other words for the same complaint講同樣的抱怨會改用別的詞 hipster (different flavour — trendy rather than rich)hipster文青，味道不同——是潮而不是有錢 or tech bro或tech bro科技宅新貴 or simply "rich kids"或乾脆說「rich kids」有錢小孩 So所以 yuppie雅痞 is best understood as a word you will meet when reading about that period最好理解成一個你在讀那個年代時會遇到的詞 and one that still works today if you want the specific 1980s flavour of money-first ambition如果你想要那種1980年代「錢擺第一」的特定味道，現在用它還是行得通 The adjective and the noun for the way of life are yuppie too這個詞也可以當形容詞和名詞用來指那種生活方式 yuppie bars, yuppie neighbourhoodsyuppie bars雅痞酒吧、yuppie neighbourhoods雅痞社區 and there was even a word yuppiedom for the whole world of them甚至還有一個詞yuppiedom雅痞的世界指他們整個圈子