新闻英语词汇: whistle-stop

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儒琴新闻英语词汇 Journalism Vocabulary

whistle-stop noun [ C ]

Meaning
a series of short visits to different places, made usually by a politician
(政治家)在各地短暂的访问 (Cambridge)

在政治家,政客,竞选候选人短时间内在许多不同城镇露脸,进行政治演讲。 这个词起源于政客们早期主要乘火车旅行,并在小镇上的“笛鸣”,然后在火车后部发表演讲。现在,改词涵盖了多个短暂停留的任何旅行方式。

Citations
Melania Trump’s whistle-stop Africa tour:US First Lady Melania Trump is visiting Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and Egypt to promote children’s welfare on what is her first major foreign trip alone.
–BBC

Donald Trump: Whistle-stop summary of his interview with Piers Morgan
Fresh off the back of his press conference with Theresa May yesterday, Donald Trump gave a wide-ranging interview to Good Morning Britain presenter and part-time cheerleader Piers Morgan.
— scramnews.com June 5, 2019 By Joe Evans

Of all the events on Trump’s whistle-stop itinerary, it was Helsinki that carried the most political weight.

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