Tammany Hall

noun

1. 坦曼尼协会（19世纪和20世纪初期操纵美国纽约市政界的腐败政治组织，有时泛指腐败政治组织）
   a dishonest political organization that had a lot of influence in New York City in the 19th and early 20th centuries (sometimes used to refer to any dishonest political organization)

1. Nast also famously lampooned the corruption of New York City's Tammany Hall in his editorial cartoons and was, in part, responsible for the downfall of Tammany leader William Tweed.
   纳斯特也在他的社论漫画中公开讽刺纽约市坦慕尼协会腐败，而且，在某种程度上，他也是坦慕尼领导人威廉特威德垮台的原因。
2. During the first years of the Gilded Age, Boss Tweed's Tammany Hall provided more services to the poor than any city government before it, although for more money went into Tweed's own pocket.
   在镀金时代的最初几年中，后台老板特威德的坦慕尼协会为贫困者提供的服务多于其他城市，尽管多得多的金钱落入他自己的腰包。