ugly American

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

ugly Americans 复数 ugly Americans

别名

Ugly American

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An American government representative, tourist, or businessperson who, in dealing with people of other nations, is haughty, rude, meddlesome, chauvinistic, or jingoistic.

    习语

词源

From the novel The Ugly American (1958) by William Lederer and Eugene Burdick (though the character in the novel is only physically ugly and otherwise morally upright).

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