单词 | carpetbagger |
释义 | carpetbaggern. (美)南北战争后只带一个旅行袋去南方投机谋利的北方人, 非本地区的政客 carpetbagger car.pet.bag.ger AHD: [kär“p¹t-b²g”…r] D.J. [6k$8p!t7b#g*]K.K. [6k$rp!t7b#g+]n.(名词)1. A Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War for political or financial advantage.投机家,冒险家:美国内战后为政治或经济上的利益而去南方的北方人2. An outsider, especially a politician, who presumptuously seeks a position or success in a new locality.外来政客:外来者,尤指外来政客,在新地区自行其是地追求地位或成功语源:[So called because they carried their belongings in a carpetbag] [由于他们把财物装在毯制手提包里而得名] 继承用法:car“petbag”gery n.(名词) |
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