單詞
carpetbagger
英 ['kɑ?p?tb?ɡ?(r)]
美['kɑrp?tb?ɡ?]
基本信息
- n. 美國南北戰(zhàn)爭后利用南方不穩(wěn)定的局勢投機(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.
雙語例句
- 1. He had come to Washington, not as a common carpetbagger, but a man well known.
- 他來到華盛頓時，不是以尋常的外來政客的身份，而是作為一位名人。
來自柯林斯例句
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