carpetbagger是什么意思

2023-12-04 00:17:16

carpetbagger

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n. <美口>投机政客；美国内战后利用南方不定局势谋利的人

名词：carpetbaggery

Noun

an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously;
"after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south"

Why dont you pick up some enterprising Carpetbagger to work for you, Scarlett? 当面包、住房和争取不蹲监狱成了最现实的问题时，投票选举又算得了什么？
that his carpetbagger friends done run the taxes way up sky-high on Tara. 他那个提包朋友大大提高了桃瑞园的税金.
63. Now that the Carpetbagger government has really gotten control of Georgia, theres no telling what may happen. 现在北方冒险家的政府真正控制了佐治亚，很难说会再发生什么大事。