sneaking regarder

短语

词形变化

sneaking regarders 复数 sneaking regarders

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    With regard to physical force Irish republicanism: someone who sympathizes with it without actively supporting it; someone whose opposition to it is equivocal or less than wholehearted.

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  2. 2.

    Someone who supports an unpopular cause.

    引申义

    2011 May 12, Ivan Yates, "Get well soon Garret, we still need your wisdom and experience" Irish Examiner Critics dismissed FitzGerald as a “sneaking regarder” and a West Brit — betraying the idealism of 1916 and aspirations of Irish sovereignty.

词源

From sneaking + regarder.

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