carpetbaggers

carpetbaggers

美 [ˈkɑrpətˌbæɡər] 　英 [ˈkɑː(r)pɪtˌbæɡə(r)]

• n.投机牟利者
• 网络投机客；北方人

词形变化

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英汉解释

n.

1. 投机牟利者

英英解释

n.	1. someone who gets involved in politics in a place away from where they live, because they think they will be more successful there 2. someone from the North of the U.S. who went to the South to get political or financial advantages after the Civil War, especially in a dishonest or immoral way

例句

Some critics in Silicon Valley are still skeptical of Hollywood people, whom they view as carpetbaggers overestimating their worth.

于此同时，硅谷的一些评论家还是对好莱坞人持有怀疑态度，他们认为好莱坞人不过是些谋取利益的人，他们高估了他们的自身价值。