useful idiot

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A Communist sympathizer in Western countries, from the perspective of the political right. derogatory,historical
    — L'Umanita said the Communists would give the “useful idiots” of the left-wing Socialist party the choice of merging with the Communist party or getting out.
  2. One who unwittingly supports a malignant cause through naive attempts to be a force for good. derogatory
    — But what should the Obama Cult do now? The man has turned off the switch on the "Hopenosis" and has revealed the "Change Brigade" for the useful idiots they were.

词形变化

useful idiots plural

词源

The earliest known usage in Western media is in a 1948 article in the social-democratic Italian paper L'Umanità – as cited in the New York Times article on Italian politics (see quotations). Often misattributed to Vladimir Lenin.
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