单词 | merchant of death |
释义 | merchant of death in American Englishnoun a company, nation, or person that sells military arms on the international market, usually to the highest bidder and without scruple or regard for political ramifications Word origin [phrase popularized by the book Merchants of Death (1934) by U.S. writers Helmut C. Engelbrecht (1895–1939) and Frank C. Hanighen (1899–1964)]Examples of 'merchant of death' in a sentence |
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