drink the Kool-Aid

动词 v.
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英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To come under the influence of a leader, organization, or movement to the point of believing uncritically in an espoused idea or ideology. US,colloquial,derogatory
    — Outside the Convention Center, meanwhile, protesters on either side of police barricades waved signs, chanted, sang songs and heckled people walking inside to attend the fundraiser. Signs included "Limp Wrists Make Strong Fists," "I'd Rather Be Dead Than Born Again" and "Abort the Moral Majority." One of the more original chants was "Don't drink the Kool-Aid!"

词形变化

drinks the Kool-Aid present,singular,third-person drinking the Kool-Aid participle,present drank the Kool-Aid past drunk the Kool-Aid participle,past drink the Kool Aid alternative

词源

Referring to the Peoples Temple cult movement, whose members committed mass suicide in 1978 by drinking a powdered drink mix (popularly, but erroneously, believed to be Kool-Aid) laced with cyanide.
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