sellout
sellout ['sɛl,aʊt]
n. 售完；客满的演出；背叛
名词复数:sellouts
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- n. 售完；客满的演出；背叛
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1. But other African countries have accused the Ethiopian leader of a sellout.
但是，其它非洲国家指责埃塞俄比亚领导人背叛。
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2. One post on the blog DailyKos.com called Obama's decision to vote for the bill a "sellout" and a "tactical blunder." iReport.com
在DailyKos.com博客上发表的一篇博文称奥巴马为草案投票的决定是“背叛”和“策略失误。”
- sellout (n.) also sell-out, "corrupt bargain," 1862 (in Mary Chesnut's diary), from the verbal phrase (at that time often meaning "dispose of one's interests" in a company, etc.), from sell (v.) + out (adv.). Meaning "event for which all tickets have been sold" is attested from 1923. The verbal phrase sell out "prostitute one's ideals or talents" is attested from 1888.
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