| 单词 | government man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgovernment man government man n. (a) a member or supporter of a government; (b) Australian (euphemistic) a convict (now historical); (c) a government employee or official; spec. (U.S. slang) = G-man n. b. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > under government placeman1706 government man1747 placeholder1772 1747 Scots Mag. Aug. 347/2 They call the king and it would seem the people of Scotland too, his inheritance, a phrase our elective government-men cannot endure. 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxiv. 117 When fairly domiciliated, they are more respectfully spoken of under the loyal designation of government-men, the term convict being erased by a sort of general tacit compact from our Botany dictionary. 1843 T. C. Haliburton Attaché II. viii. 142 That goverment man, that spoke in their favour, warn't his speech rich? 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xxxi. 309 Do we come out as Liberal Conservative, or as Government man, or on our own hook? 1912 A. Berry Reminisc. 180 Some of these Government men are still in my service to the present day, and some are my tenants. 1951 D. Thomas Let. Jan. (1987) 782 And I? I go with horrible oil-men to interview horrible government-men. 1966 L. Cochran FBI Man xviii. 156 This man is a government man. See? An FBI man. 1995 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 4 Nov. (News section) 17 As for the PM—one Government man described his present mood as ebullient. 2008 M. Mayo Amer. Murder 368/1 The government men claimed they identified themselves as U.S. Marshals and fired only in self-defense. < as lemmas |
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