carpetbaggers是carpetbagger的复数
carpetbagger
美 ['kɑrpət.bæɡər]
英 ['kɑː(r)pɪt.bæɡə(r)]
- n.投机牟利者
- 网络投机客；北方人
复数：carpetbaggers
n. | 1. 投机牟利者 |
n. | 1. a Northerner who moved to the southern United States after the Civil War, especially one seeking political or commercial advantage 2. an outsider whose only interest in coming to a place is to win it as a political seat 3. a member of a mutual building society or insurance company who campaigns to force it to demutualize, usually for short-term financial gain 4. someone who gets involved in politics in a place away from where they live, because they think they will be more successful there 5. someone from the North of the US who went to the South to get political or financial advantages after the Civil War 1. a Northerner who moved to the southern United States after the Civil War, especially one seeking political or commercial advantage 2. an outsider whose only interest in coming to a place is to win it as a political seat 3. a member of a mutual building society or insurance company who campaigns to force it to demutualize, usually for short-term financial gain 4. someone who gets involved in politics in a place away from where they live, because they think they will be more successful there 5. someone from the North of the US who went to the South to get political or financial advantages after the Civil War |