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单词 yes-woman
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yes-womann.

Brit. /ˈjɛsˌwʊmən/, U.S. /ˈjɛsˌwʊmən/
Inflections: Plural yes-women.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: yes adv., woman n.
Etymology: < yes adv. + woman n., after yes-man n.
colloquial (originally U.S.). Usually depreciative.
A woman who habitually agrees with or assents to the proposals of a superior; an obsequiously deferential woman. Cf. yes-man n., yes-girl n.
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1927 San Antonio (Texas) Express 19 Jan. 10/3 The teacher is in too many cases just a cowed, underpaid yes-woman.
1933 S. Lewis Ann Vickers xxxviii. 454 They want to boss a gang of meek yes-women or they want to be received socially, like princesses.
1942 E. Waugh Put out More Flags i. 17 ‘That's right,’ said the yes-woman.
1979 M. Soames Clementine Churchill xvi. 235 Devoted and fiercely loyal, she never became a ‘yes-woman’.
2009 Daily Tel. 13 May 23/1 Yes-men, not to mention yes-women, were promoted beyond their deserts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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