单词 | Seward's Folly |
释义 | Seward's Folly (once / 844237 pages) n WORD FAMILY Seward's Folly USAGE EXAMPLESThe "Seward's Folly" deal has returned 6.8 percent a year at a compound annual rate based on Alaska's most recent taxable property values. Reuters(May 07, 2014) The transaction was designated 'Seward's Folly', and the country was said to be a fit residence only for polar bears and Eskimos. Sullivan, May Kellogg, The Trail of a Sourdough—Life in Al...(2010) n the transaction in 1867 in which the United States Secretary of State William Henry Seward purchased Alaska from Russia Exp dealing, dealings, transaction the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities) |
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