carpetbagger

英[ˈkɑ:pɪtbægə(r)]
美[ˈkɑrpɪtbægə(r)]

基本释义

n.
美国内战后利用南方不定局势谋利的人

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实用例句

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。

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英英释义

Noun
  • 1. 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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