| 单词 | pussyfootism |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈpussyfootism ˈpussyfootism n. now rare (a) opposition to or prohibition of the consumption of alcohol; (b) excessive caution or hesitation; evasiveness; lack of commitment or resolve. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [noun] > prohibition > prohibitionism prohibitionism1882 pussyfooting1902 pussyfootism1916 Volsteadism1920 1916 Williamsburg (Iowa) Jrnl.-Tribune 13 Apr. 4/3 Roosevelt declares against pussy-footism, by which, we take it, he is in favor of a fight in the open. 1923 Daily Mail 23 July 7 In Tudor England people sang the music they liked, and read the books they liked. They had real freedom, and there was no pussy~footism. 1926 ‘A. Berkeley’ Wychford Poisoning Case vii. 78 They reached the Man of Kent and ordered the night~caps to which their position as residents entitled them, in defiance of the dictates of a maternal government, pussy~footism and all the other futilities which order our lives for us in these days. 1947 Times 18 Feb. 2/6 It was untrue to say that the tradition of the Labour Party was the pussyfootism of Sir R. Young and Mr. J. H. Hudson. 2006 Kingston (Ont.) Whig-Standard (Nexis) 3 May 6 Political pussyfootism seems to be reaching epidemic proportions. < as lemmas |
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