英语词汇“quisling”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

A quisling is a traitor, especially one who collaborates with an enemy occupying force for personal gain.

The term arose because in World War II, Vidkun Quisling, a Norwegian politician, volunteered to help the occupying Nazis rule Norway for Germany. Quisling was tried for treason and executed at the end of the war, and his name became synonymous with traitor and collaborator. The word quisling is not commonly used in the United States, however, probably because the American term for a traitor is "Benedict Arnold," the name of a Revolutionary War turncoat.

VOCABULARY SHOUT-OUT

Was a 1970s Dr. Who Fan a "Quisling"?

Writing about the upcoming BBC "The Day of the Doctor" special being released in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the original "Dr. Who," Jill Lepore, of The New Yorker used quisling when she wrote:

At the height of its first run, which ended in 1989, "Doctor Who" was seen by a hundred and ten million viewers in fifty-four nations, including the United States, where, beginning in the nineteen-seventies, it was broadcast by PBS and watched by the kind of quisling American kid who hadn't the heart for "Happy Days."

Quisling might be enough to send you to the Dictionary, where, based on context clues, you might expect to find a definition along the lines of "questioning" (as in quizzical) or "discontented," or even just simply "different." You might not expect to find out that 1) quisling is not an adjective but a noun, and 2) it means "traitor" or "collaborator."

Along with blitz and jeep, quisling came out of World War II, when Norwegian politician Vidkun Quisling served as Minister-President of Norway during its Nazi occupation and was so reviled by the Norwegians, they reinstituted the death penalty at the end of the war simply so that he might be executed. Our usage tracker on quisling's definition page turns up this fairly typical use of quisling from a 1962 novel Talents, Incorporated by Murray Leinster.

Anything that happened to those records would be so much good fortune for Tralee, and so much bad for the master race and its quislings.

So why is Lepore associating quisling with the American teen "Dr. Who" audience of the 1970s? Is she just stretching the word's metaphorical muscles by suggesting that "Dr. Who" was an invading regime and its anti-Happy Days teen audience our nation's Vichy-style welcoming committee? Or is she tipping her hat to the deeply knowledgeable Dr. Who fans who might recognize quisling from the show?

According to TVTropes.org, the "Quisling Trope" was often used as a plot device in Dr. Who, and, as we found documented by the Doctor WhoNiverse wiki, quisling is even mentioned explicitly in the Dr. Who episode "Day of the Daleks" when the Doctor refers to the Controller incoming from "a family of quislings."

WORD FAMILY

quisling: quislingism, quislings

USAGE EXAMPLES

They were deluded quislings bent on undermining Britain from within to create a British communist dictatorship.

The Guardian(Nov 26, 2016)

Therefore, the regime has tweaked its propaganda tactics — instead portraying the North as a pure and natural alternative of the South’s quisling bubble economy.

Time(Jul 29, 2016)

The word "quisling" later entered the English language as a synonym for traitor.

US News(Jun 06, 2016)

n someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force

Syn|Hyper

collaborationist, collaborator

traitor, treasonist

someone who betrays his country by committing treason

单词	quisling
释义	quisling (once / 34459 pages) n A quisling is a traitor, especially one who collaborates with an enemy occupying force for personal gain. The term arose because in World War II, Vidkun Quisling, a Norwegian politician, volunteered to help the occupying Nazis rule Norway for Germany. Quisling was tried for treason and executed at the end of the war, and his name became synonymous with traitor and collaborator. The word quisling is not commonly used in the United States, however, probably because the American term for a traitor is "Benedict Arnold," the name of a Revolutionary War turncoat. VOCABULARY SHOUT-OUT Was a 1970s Dr. Who Fan a "Quisling"? Writing about the upcoming BBC "The Day of the Doctor" special being released in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the original "Dr. Who," Jill Lepore, of The New Yorker used quisling when she wrote: At the height of its first run, which ended in 1989, "Doctor Who" was seen by a hundred and ten million viewers in fifty-four nations, including the United States, where, beginning in the nineteen-seventies, it was broadcast by PBS and watched by the kind of quisling American kid who hadn't the heart for "Happy Days." Quisling might be enough to send you to the Dictionary, where, based on context clues, you might expect to find a definition along the lines of "questioning" (as in quizzical) or "discontented," or even just simply "different." You might not expect to find out that 1) quisling is not an adjective but a noun, and 2) it means "traitor" or "collaborator." Along with blitz and jeep, quisling came out of World War II, when Norwegian politician Vidkun Quisling served as Minister-President of Norway during its Nazi occupation and was so reviled by the Norwegians, they reinstituted the death penalty at the end of the war simply so that he might be executed. Our usage tracker on quisling's definition page turns up this fairly typical use of quisling from a 1962 novel Talents, Incorporated by Murray Leinster. Anything that happened to those records would be so much good fortune for Tralee, and so much bad for the master race and its quislings. So why is Lepore associating quisling with the American teen "Dr. Who" audience of the 1970s? Is she just stretching the word's metaphorical muscles by suggesting that "Dr. Who" was an invading regime and its anti-Happy Days teen audience our nation's Vichy-style welcoming committee? Or is she tipping her hat to the deeply knowledgeable Dr. Who fans who might recognize quisling from the show? According to TVTropes.org, the "Quisling Trope" was often used as a plot device in Dr. Who, and, as we found documented by the Doctor WhoNiverse wiki, quisling is even mentioned explicitly in the Dr. Who episode "Day of the Daleks" when the Doctor refers to the Controller incoming from "a family of quislings." WORD FAMILY quisling: quislingism, quislings USAGE EXAMPLES They were deluded quislings bent on undermining Britain from within to create a British communist dictatorship. The Guardian(Nov 26, 2016) Therefore, the regime has tweaked its propaganda tactics — instead portraying the North as a pure and natural alternative of the South’s quisling bubble economy. Time(Jul 29, 2016) The word "quisling" later entered the English language as a synonym for traitor. US News(Jun 06, 2016) n someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force Syn\|Hyper collaborationist, collaborator traitor, treasonist someone who betrays his country by committing treason
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