povzpetnica
1. karierist, karieristka, stremuh, povzpetnica, stremuhinja, povzpetnik
a professional who is intent on furthering his or her career by any possible means and often at the expense of their own integrity [profesionalec, ki si želi svojo kariero napredovati po vseh možnih sredstvih in pogosto na račun lastne integritete.]
2. japi, povzpetnica, povzpetnik, japijka, mlad poslovnež
a young upwardly mobile professional individual; a well-paid middle-class professional who works in a city and has a luxurious life style [mlad, navzgor mobilni strokovnjak; dobro plačan srednji razred profesionalec, ki dela v mestu in ima razkošen življenjski slog.]
3. povzpetnica, povzpetnik
someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior [nekdo, ki išče družbeni ugled z obsežnim obnašanjem]
4. povzpetnica, povzpetnik
a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class [oseba, ki je nenadoma dvignila svoj ekonomski status, vendar ni pridobila družbenega sprejemanja drugih v tej družbeni skupini]