spin doctor

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person employed to gloss over a poor public image (or present it in a better light) in business and politics, especially after unfavourable results have been achieved; a lobbyist; a PR person.
    — Many believed that the reduction in public spending was a disaster but the spin doctors presented it as a triumph for lower taxation.
动词 v.
  1. To generate spin (a favorable interpretation or bias). idiomatic,transitive

词形变化

spin doctors plural spindoctor alternative,rare spin doctors present,singular,third-person spin doctoring participle,present spin doctored participle,past spin doctored past spindoctor alternative,rare

词源

词源 1
From spin (“a favorable comment or interpretation”) + doctor. First use appears c. 1984 in the New York Times.
词源 2
From spin (“a favorable comment or interpretation”) + doctor. First use appears c. 1984 in the New York Times.
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