wheeler-dealer

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A shrewd political or commercial schemer, especially one who is unscrupulous; a hustler; a shady operator. informal
    — Seated at separate tables to underscore their differing levels of involvement with indicted savings and loan wheeler-dealer Charles Keating, the five were fighting to regain reputations earned in a lifetime of public service.

词形变化

wheeler-dealers plural wheeler dealer alternative wheelerdealer alternative

词源

From wheel and deal, equivalent to wheel + -er + deal + -er.
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