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car·pet·bag·ger AHD[kärʹpĭt-băg'ər] D.J.[ˈkɑːpɪtˌbægə]K.K.[ˈkɑrpɪtˌbægɚ]n.(名词)carpetbaggercolorized 1872 cartoon by Thomas Nast depicting Senator Carl Schurz (1820-1906) as a carpetbagger- 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
- 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
- [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]
carʹpetbag'gery n.(名词) |