| 单词 | hearts and minds |
| 释义 | > as lemmashearts and minds h. hearts and minds: used attributively with reference to the seeking or courting of combined emotional and intellectual support in a particular location, constituency, etc. (originally spec. as a military tactic). ΚΠ 1964 Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times 23 Feb. 3 b/5 The British are waging a ‘hearts and minds’ campaign of friendship among border tribesmen. 1984 S. Talbott in J. S. Nye Making of America's Soviet Policy viii. 187 [He] wrote a report saying, in effect, that the way to get at the Soviet system was through a hearts-and-minds campaign. 1998 M. Crookston in E. Laws et al. Embracing & Managing Change in Tourism viii. 268 It..helps in the revaluing, by Jordanians, of the old and the traditional: a hearts-and-minds job, without which [etc.]. 2009 I. Smillie in R. Bothwell & J. Daudelin Canada among Nations 2008 viii. 205 It [sc. the aid program] was..forced to act as..a hearts and minds operation for Canada's changeable political and security agendas. < as lemmas |
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