Lawsonize

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To amalgamate. US,archaic,derogatory,obsolete,usually
    — A little Lawsonizing might do the department mentioned a power of good in the way of housecleaning.
  2. To harshly criticize, to use the press to condemn a rival business. US,archaic,derogatory,obsolete,usually
    — Admitting Mr. Bok's right to play to the gallery if he wishes, why can't he play fair? Why can't he Lawsonize things he knows something about ?

词形变化

Lawsonizes present,singular,third-person Lawsonizing participle,present Lawsonized participle,past Lawsonized past

词源

From Lawson + -ize. Named after American businessman Thomas W. Lawson, co-founder of the controversial Amalgamated Copper Mining Company and later author of Frenzied Finance, which told the story of the amalgamation in an aggressively one-sided manner.
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