| 单词 | armchair general |
| 释义 | > as lemmasarmchair general armchair general n. depreciative a person without military experience who regards himself or herself as an expert military strategist; (also) a military commander who is not actively involved in warfare, or who directs troops from a position of comfort or safety. ΚΠ 1900 Ottawa Jrnl. 21 May 7/3 Those are the kind of snags the British have been striking, and which accounts for some of their heavy losses,..which gives [sic] so much worry to some of our arm-chair generals at home. 1901 Railway News 9 Nov. 660/1 The armchair generals who can give points to Lord Kitchener. 1944 Life 14 Feb. 6/1 (advt.) Even an armchair general ought to show more coolness under fire than that. 1981 L. A. Frost Custer Legends 39 Custer was no armchair general. Though he was best known as a tactician..he displayed some ability as a strategist. 2015 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 24 June That is the classical armchair general. Not there. Wasn't there. Looked at a photo in the paper and then makes a proclamation about the worthiness or otherwise of the efforts of the crew. < as lemmas |
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