carpetbagger
英 ['kɑ?p?tb?ɡ?(r)]
美['kɑrp?tb?ɡ?]
- n. 美國(guó)南北戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)后利用南方不穩(wěn)定的局勢(shì)投機(jī)謀利的人
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?carpetbaggers;
英文詞源
- carpetbagger (n.)
- also carpet-bagger, 1868, American English, scornful appellation for Northerners who went South after the fall of the CSA seeking private gain or political advancement. The name is based on the image of men arriving with all their worldly goods in a big carpetbag. Sense later extended to any opportunist from out of the area.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. He had come to Washington, not as a common carpetbagger, but a man well known.
- 他來(lái)到華盛頓時(shí)，不是以尋常的外來(lái)政客的身份，而是作為一位名人。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句