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词汇 carpetbagger
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carpetbagger

noun
/ˈkɑːpɪtbæɡə(r)/
/ˈkɑːrpɪtbæɡər/
  1. (disapproving) a politician who tries to be elected in an area where he or she is not known and is therefore not welcome(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
  2. a person from the northern states of the US who went to the South after the Civil War in order to make money or get political power(美国内战后去南方)投机钻营的北方人
  3. 词源mid 19th cent.: originally applied to people from the northern states of the US who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
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