| 释义 |
bossdom orig. U.S.|ˈbɒsdəm|
[f. boss n.6 + -dom.]
The condition of being a boss; that which constitutes the sphere of influence of a political boss; the control of politics by bosses.
1888J. B. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxiii. 462 The extinction of the Boss himself and of bossdom. 1893Black & White 1 Apr. 383/1 He was going to make John Bull realise that his days of bossdom were over. 1894Citizen (Albion, Mich.) 293 It is not healthy for a party, if the few are allowed to do all and say all. That way Rings and Bossdom lie. |