ugly American

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An American government representative, tourist, or businessperson who, in dealing with people of other nations, is haughty, rude, meddlesome, chauvinistic, or jingoistic. idiomatic
    — The Republican House managers were acting like ugly Americans abroad who think that if they talk loudly and slowly, foreigners will understand them.

词形变化

ugly Americans plural Ugly American alternative

词源

From the novel The Ugly American (1958) by William Lederer and Eugene Burdick (though the character in the novel is only physically ugly and otherwise morally upright).
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