| 单词 | uncle sugar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasUncle Sugar Uncle Sugar n. [probably a rationalization of U.S. n. at U n.1 Initialisms 1a; compare earlier Uncle Sam n.] colloquial (chiefly U.S.) the federal government of the United States, viewed as a provider of subsidies for American citizens or other nations.Cf. sugar n. 2c. ΚΠ 1944 N.Y. Times 27 Mar. 4/2 The programs that reach the boys down here from ‘Uncle Sugar’, which is their way of saying the United States of America, could be a lot better. 1995 S. Marty Leaning on Wind (1996) vi. 94 ‘They were forced to buy dear and sell cheap,’ as J. F. Conway puts it, in the absence of free trade with Uncle Sugar. 2014 New Republic 24 Mar. 4/3 He accused Democrats of thinking women ‘cannot control their libido’ without birth control from ‘Uncle Sugar’. < as lemmas |
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