carpetbaggers
英 [ˈkɑːpɪtˌbægəz]
美 [ˈkɑrpətˌbægərz]
n. (在知名度不高的地区参加竞选因而不受当地欢迎的)外来政客; (美国内战后去南方)投机钻营的北方人
carpetbagger的复数
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT (到自以为会得势的地方参加竞选的)外来政客，提包客
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.- He had come to Washington, not as a common carpetbagger, but a man well known.
他来到华盛顿时，不是以寻常的外来政客的身份,而是作为一位名人。
- He had come to Washington, not as a common carpetbagger, but a man well known.
双语例句
- I'll make friends with the Yankee carpetbaggers.
我会和北佬投机家做生意。 - Japanese land in Formosa was appropriated by mainland carpetbaggers, while the North China Exploitation Company seized several hundred thousand mow of land in Hopei.
日本人在台湾的土地被大陆来的接收大员据为已有，华北垦业公司则侵吞了河北几十万亩土地。 - After the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south.
美国内战以后，北方地鞭长莫及者试图控制南方。 - Following the Civil War, the Southern slaves were set free. after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south.
美国南北战争之后，南方奴隶获得了解放。美国内战以后，北方地鞭长莫及者试图控制南方。 - No rich carpetbaggers, no scallawags, no Republicans came to the house now at his invitation.
现在他邀请来家的人中已没有提包党人，没有拥护共和党的南部白人，也没有共和党分子了。 - The Yankees and the Carpetbaggers have got it and there's nothing left for us!
北方佬和投机商们把它占领了，我们一无所有了！ - I sure will. I's got enough of them carpetbaggers.
我会的，我跟那些北佬很熟了。