| 单词 | milner's kindergarten |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(Lord) Milner's kindergarten b. A nickname for: the group of young men recruited by Alfred, Lord Milner (1854–1925), High Commissioner of South Africa, to assist with reconstruction work after the Boer War (1899–1902). Also more fully (Lord) Milner's kindergarten. ΚΠ 1902 Cape Times 12 Sept. 6/10 Lord Milner described the nature of the government that was to be set up, which was a Council. He (Mr. Merriman) wondered what sort of rag-tag and bob-tail they would have got to sit on that Council... What did he expect to set up? A sort of kindergarten of young Balliol men—laughter—to govern this great country. 1913 W. B. Worsfold Reconstr. New Colonies I. x. 259 Mr Curtis was one of the most flagrant examples of Lord Milner's ‘kindergarten’. 1971 Oxf. Hist. S. Afr. II. vii. 346 To Selborne and the members of the Kindergarten..unification was desirable. 2000 Vanity Fair Feb. 162/1 The ‘charming intellectuals’..belonged to a group of young men known as Lord Milner's ‘Kindergarten’. < as lemmas |
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