carpetbagger
- n. 外来政客，外来投机分子；（美国内战后去南方）投机钻营的北方人；<英>在购房互助协会开立账户以期改制时获利的投机储户
[ 复数 carpetbaggers ]
英英释义
carpetbagger [ 'kɑ:pit,bæɡə ]
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n.
an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously
"after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south"
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柯林斯英汉双解大词典
carpetbagger /ˈkɑːpɪtˌbæɡə/
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N-COUNT If you call someone a carpetbagger, you disapprove of them because they are trying to become a politician in an area which is not their home, simply because they think they are more likely to succeed there. 外来政客 [美国英语]
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