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carpetbagger

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n. (美)南北戰爭後只帶一個旅行袋去南方投機謀利的北方人, 非本地區的政客

詞型變化:

名詞:car-petbaggery 

英文解釋:

名詞 carpetbagger:

  1. an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously

詳細解釋:


car.pet.bag.ger

n.(名詞)
A Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War for political or financial advantage.
投機家,冒險家:美國內戰後為政治或經濟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.
外來政客:外來者,尤指外來政客,在新地區自行其是地追求地位或成功

來源:
[So called because they carried their belongings in a carpetbag]
[由於他們把財物裝在毯制手提包里而得名]

【引伸】
car.petbag.gery
n.(名詞)

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