huckster
发音
英 [ˈhʌkstə(r)]
美 [ˈhʌkstɚ]
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- n.
- 大声叫卖的小贩
- 大吹大擂的推销商
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- vi.
- 讨价还价,没完没了地争论
- 叫卖(货物)
单词词源
huckster 强行推销的人,沿街叫卖的小贩
huck,蹲下,叫卖,词源同hawker,-ster,人。
双语例句
- 1. You can huckster over prices on the black market .
- 你可以在黑市上讨价还价。
- 2. Woody 's response was that an artist has to follow his own intuition , rather than obey some huckster driven by readership surveys .
- 伍迪的反应是,一个艺术家必须按照自己的直觉创作,而不能屈服于那些被阅读率调查驱使的商人们。
- 3. The huckster arrives in town , tells all the rubes that disaster impends for them and their families , but says there may be one last chance they can be saved but it will take a lot of money .
- 这个二道贩子到了镇里,告诉所有的乡亲,大灾难已经迫在眉睫,不过他们还有一线希望,但是要花费很多钞票。