carpetbagger是什么意思？

carpetbagger

英[ˈkɑ:pɪtbægə(r)] 美[ˈkɑrpɪtbægə(r)]

• n. 美国内战后利用南方不定局势谋利的人；

复数：carpetbaggers;

例句

• He had come to Washington, not as a common carpetbagger, but a man well known. 他来到华盛顿时，不是以寻常的外来政客的身份,而是作为一位名人。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  (到自以为会得势的地方参加竞选的)外来政客，提包客
  If you call someone a carpetbagger, you disapprove of them because they are trying to become a politician in an area which is not their home, simply because they think they are more likely to succeed there.
  例句
  He had come to Washington, not as a common carpetbagger, but a man well known. 他来到华盛顿时，不是以寻常的外来政客的身份,而是作为一位名人。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously;
  "after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south"

行业词典

• 计算机： 淘金者，旅行袋；