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WASP PERSONWasp HwBsp, $wB:spn [C]esp. Am disapproving White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (= a white American whose family originally came from northern Europe, and is therefore part of a group often considered the most influential and wealthy in American society)祖先是英国新教徒的白种美国人My mother comes from an old WASP family which has been in this country for 350 years.我母亲出身于一个古老的英国新教徒白种美国人家庭,该家族到这个国家已经350年了。The dominance of the WASP is far from over and newer Americans often tend to adopt the manners of the old.出身英国新教徒的白种美国人的主导地位还远没有消失,新一代的美国人往往会采纳老一代人的风格习惯。
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