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单词 manchurian candidate
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Manchurian Candidate
Manchurian Candidate n. [popularized by the 1962 film The Manchurian Candidate, adapted from the 1959 novel of the same name by Richard Condon (1915–96)] a person who is (or is believed to be) brainwashed into becoming a subversive agent, esp. an assassin.
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1975 National Rev. 6 June 624/3 The Schafly-Ward thesis seems to be that Kissinger is a sort of Manchurian Candidate, planted in government by..members of the Council on Foreign Relations.
1994 Observer 16 Oct. (Life Suppl.) 48/3 The ultimate goal of the MKUltra programme, it seems, was to create an army of outwardly normal operatives programmed to carry out political assassinations. In short, their very own Manchurian Candidates.
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