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
词性变化
- 复数:carpetbaggers;
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。
柯林斯例句
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"