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carpetbagger 的意思

投机者; 外地人; 利用他人困境的人

carpetbagger 的词源

carpetbagger(n.)

也作carpet-bagger,1868年,美国英语,对北方白人迁居南方的蔑称,这些人在南方邦联州沦陷后定居,寻求个人利益或政治晋升。这个名称基于人们想象中那些带着所有世俗财物来到南方的人的形象,通常是装在carpetbag里。后来这个意义扩展到任何来自外地的机会主义者(如西部的非法银行家或地区官员)。

[A]n opprobrious term applied properly to a class of adventurers who took advantage of the disorganized condition of political affairs in the earlier years of reconstruction to gain control of the public offices and to use their influence over the negro voters for their own selfish ends. The term was often extended to include any unpopular person of Northern origin living in the South. [Century Dictionary]

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此外,carpet-bag 指的是“由地毯布料制成的软壳旅行箱,通常有框架”,这个词最早出现在1830年,来源于 carpet(地毯)和 bag(包)这两个名词。作为动词使用则是从名词转化而来,始于1872年。

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