wire-puller 的词源
wire-puller(n.)
1842年起在政治意义上使用,源于操纵木偶的拉线形象(wire (n.) 在此意义上约自1600年);这一形象在政治中更早:
The ministerial majority being thus reduced to five in a house of five hundred and eighty-three, Lord John Russell and Lord Melbourne respectively announce the breaking up of the administration, and the curtain falls on the first act of the political farce, to the infinite annoyance and surprise of the prime wire-puller in the puppet-show. [British and Foreign Review, vol. IX, July-October 1839]
因此,内阁多数在五百八十三人的议会中减少至五人,约翰·拉塞尔勋爵和墨尔本勋爵分别宣布内阁解散,政治闹剧的第一幕落幕,令木偶戏中主要操纵者无比恼火和惊讶。[《英国与外国评论》,第九卷,1839年7月至10月]
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