carpetbagger
/ˈkɑːpɪtˌbaɡə//ˈkɑrpɪtˌbæɡɚ/
构词拆解
- -er
- (added to verbs) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun. · (added to verbs, informal) A person or thing to which the root verb is done or can be done satisfactorily.
词源说明
释义
名词noun
- 1(politics, history, chiefly US, offensive) A migrant from the Northern to the Southern States after the American Civil War of 1861–5, especially one who went South to gain political influence.
- 2(derogatory, by extension) One who comes to a place or organisation with which they have no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.