carpetbagger

carpetbagger读音音标

英[ˈkɑ:pɪtbægə(r)]

美[ˈkɑrpɪtbægə(r)]

基本意思释义

n.美国内战后利用南方不定*势谋利的人

词性变化

复数:carpetbaggers;

短语及实用例句

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*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\"