| 单词 | quiet american |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquiet American quiet American n. [with allusion to Graham Greene's novel The Quiet American (1955)] a person likened to Graham Greene's character Alden Pyle, the ‘quiet American’, esp. in being involved in espionage, or in being naive or idealistic. ΚΠ 1963 Listener 10 Jan. 96/3 She has much data on these delightful grasshopper people, though a certain ‘Quiet American’ ingenuousness is difficult to digest. 1973 Times 11 Jan. 10/6 There never was much ‘reality’ about Washington's presence in Vietnam from the moment when the first quiet Americans moved in. 1980 J. McNeil Spy Game ix. 99 I've heard of you..The Quiet American, no less. 2003 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 Feb. 20/2 The Joe College-isms of Pyle..underline our sense that a quiet American is graduating from Harvard even now. < as lemmas |
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