fifth column

短语

n. 第五纵队, 内奸

词形变化

fifth columns 复数 fifth columns

别名

5th column

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A group of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group, such as a nation, to which it is expected to be loyal.

    第五纵队

  2. 2.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fifth, column.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

Trojan horse

上位词 2

unit social unit

部分词 2

saboteur fifth columnist

词源

From a 1936 radio address by Spanish Nationalist general Emilio Mola, in which he spoke of four of his army columns moving on Madrid and a fifth column (quinta columna) consisting of his militant supporters within the capital, intent on undermining the Republican government from within.

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