| 单词 | bully pulpit |
| 释义 | bully pulpitsingular noun If someone in a prominent job or position publicly expresses their opinions about a particular subject, you can say that they are using their job or position as a bully pulpit. [US] He used the bully pulpit of the presidency very effectively. bully pulpit in American English a position of power and influence used to aggressively promote one's own cause Word origin < phrase attributed by G. Putnam (1926) to Roosevelt2 (sense 3), referring to the presidency as offering “such a bully [= fine] pulpit” for preaching:present use from later interpretation of bully in this phrase as , sense bully1 (sense 1) |
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