“place、hunter”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

place-hunter

释义

ˈplace-ˌhunter
One who seeks persistently for a place or post in the public service. (With unfavourable connotation: cf. placeman.)
1713Steele Guard. No. 29 ⁋16 The Ionick laugh..is esteemed by judicious place-hunters a more particular mark of distinction than the whisper.1812Examiner 19 Oct. 666/1 Place-hunters and Fortune-hunters.1898Bodley France II. iv. vii. 434 Moderate men who are not place-hunters, and are therefore impartial witnesses.
So ˈplace-hunting n. and a.
1823in W. Cobbett Rur. Rides (1885) I. 276 A place-hunting lawyer.1860Mill Repr. Govt. (1865) 34/2 Place-hunting..is a form of ambition to which the English..are almost strangers.1898Bodley France II. iii. v. 257 The place-hunting solicitations of constituents.

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