白手起家英语是Self-made。
牛津词典的英文解释:Self-made means having become rich and successful through your own hard work rather than having had money given to you.
例句:
1、As a self-made man myself, I have to express my admiration.我自己也是白手起家,我必须表达一下我的钦佩之情。
2、Seems like all his kids are self-made overachievers.他的孩子们似乎也都是白手起家并且功成名就。
3、He was a self-made man: an example of what may be accomplished by cunning and selfishness.他是一个白手起家的人:一个依靠狡猾和自私而名利双收的典型。
4、I get self-made men in their 40s and 50s who have never studied a foreign language and are desperate.我收到了一些年纪在四十和五十的靠个人奋斗而获得成功的人,他们从来没学过一门外语,因而感到悲观失望。
5、He represented himself as a hard-working, self-made small businessman victimized by mindless, bullying bureaucracy.他把自己说成是一个勤勤恳恳、自食其力的小商人,深受冷酷无情、扶强欺弱的官僚机构所害。