| 单词 | dollar-a-year man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdollar-a-year man dollar-a-year man n. U.S. a man who serves the government for a nominal salary; also transferred. ΚΠ 1918 Literary Digest 11 May 11/1 While the ‘dollar-a-year men’ undoubtedly did good work, the delay and friction in our war-machine became glaringly evident. 1952 Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Oct. 702/3 This business man first turned banker; and then he turned Secretary of the Navy, and later of Defence, to serve his country as a dollar-a-year man. < as lemmas |
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