单词 | stand-patter |
释义 | stand-pattern. U.S. A person, esp. a politician, who continues to maintain an avowed policy or stance; an opponent of change or reform. Cf. stand-pat n. ΚΠ 1902 Washington Post 7 Oct. 6/2 That declaration has been hailed..as the equivalent of Senator Hanna's ‘stand pat’... But that interpretation does not..harmonize with the translation of it which Senator Lodge gave... How do the standpatters relish that tariff plank as interpreted by its distinguished author? 1904 Boston Evening Transcript 16 Feb. 11/2 He..was an avowed stand-patter on the tariff. 1975 G. V. Higgins City on Hill vii. 202 The mood of the country may be such that a stand-patter is the only candidate who can be elected. 2018 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 23 May G.O.P. candidates in 2018 will probably be running as standpatters amid low unemployment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1902 |
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