wildcatters

英汉释义

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  1.〈美俚〉瞎掘油井的人;做冒险[投机]事业的人

英英释义

• n.

  1.a prospector for oil in areas not yet known to be productive

  2.a developer or promoter of risky or fraudulent business ventures

  3.a participant in a sudden strike not authorized by the labor union that he or she belongs to

英汉例句

• 1.By the early 1860's these wildcatters were drilling for "black gold" all over western Pennsylvania.

  截止到19世纪60年代早期，这些冒险者为寻找“黑色的金子”钻探遍了整个宾西法尼亚西部。

• 2.A century ago "wildcatters" put everything they had on the line to drill oil wells, hoping to discover a gusher.

  一个世纪之前“投机分子们”将身家性命全部压在了挖掘油井上，希望能够发现自喷井。