单词 | Potemkin |
释义 | Potemkin (once / 22906 pages) n WORD FAMILY Potemkin: Potemkins USAGE EXAMPLESBut there is no confusion that money motivated the thieves who created this Potemkin village of online advertising. New York Times(Dec 21, 2016) Trump isn’t going to criticize Putin for building a Potemkin democracy at home. Time(Nov 17, 2016) Dozens have opened in Manhattan and Brooklyn, behind unmarked doors, Potemkin coffee shops and hidden alleyways. New York Times(Nov 02, 2016) n a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791) Syn|Hyper Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, Grigori Potemkin, Grigori Potyokin, Potyokin military officer, officer any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command pol, political leader, politician, politicoa person active in party politics |
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