| 释义 |
McCarthyism/məˈkɑ:θiiz(ə)m/n. (esp. in the US) the policy of hunting out suspected or known Communists and removing them esp. from government departments (尤指美国)麦卡锡主义(将共产党人士搜寻出来并将他们从政府部门中解雇) [named after J. R. McCarthy, US senator (d. 1957), who instigated the policy in 1950 claiming to know of many Communists in the State Department] |