| 释义 |
carve-up slang.|ˈkɑːvʌp|
[f. carve v. 10 and 10 b.]
(The situation resulting from) a sharing of spoils; a division, sharing-out, cutting-up (with derogatory contextual overtones).
In quot. 1935 the reference is to money bequeathed in a will.
1935M. Harrison Spring in Tartarus i. 27 The de Launes hadn't a tosser between them. Oh my Lord, what a carve up! 1936J. Curtis Gilt Kid ix. 92 There would probably be a carve-up at the end when it came to sharing out the dough. Scaley was certainly the sort of man to stick to more than his fair share. 1943‘R. Llewellyn’ None but Lonely Heart xxxiv. 251 ‘How much can we make a week?’..‘Depends on the carve up,’ Slush says. 1959News Chron. 3 July 6/6 In practice it is a carve-up among the Big Four. 1961Guardian 12 Jan. 8/2 Public monopoly is preferable to commercial carve-up. 1963Times 24 Jan. 5/1 Is the selection of justices of the peace in Britain..a ‘political carve-up’, as alleged by some of the more vociferous of the system's opponents? Ibid. 29 Apr. 7/6 Apart from one farcical carve-up of a passage from Coriolanus, the exercises owed nothing to written drama. |