useful idiot
noun[C]
politicsspecializeduk/ˌjuːs.fəl ˈɪd.i.ət/us/ˌjuːs.fəl ˈɪd.i.ət/apersonwho iseasytopersuadeto do, say, orbelievethings thathelpaparticulargroupor anotherpersonpolitically:
有用的白痴（指容易被说服去做、说或相信在政治上对某一特定群体有利的事情的人）If theylettheirfaithbe used as apoliticaltooltheybecomeusefulidiotsfor onepartyor another.如果他们让自己的信仰被用作政治工具，就会成为一个或另一个党派的有用白痴。
In the past, hepraisedthepoliticianas apotentialally;yesterdayhebrandedhim a "usefulidiot".过去，他曾称赞这位政治家是潜在的盟友，而昨天又说他是“有用的白痴”。
- Communistinsiders,followingLenin,describedpeoplewhowantedtobelievesuchfairytalesas "usefulidiots".
- He said he wassickof "thewhiningof Bush and Blair'susefulidiotsin theliberalmedia".
- While theformerdictatormayfoolhimself, and a fewusefulidiotson theright, he will notfoolus.
- All of theseactivists,claimedtheauthorities, were theusefulidiotsof aredplot.
Political movements & groups
- alt-right
- ANC
- anti-Bolshevik
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- Antifa
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- labour movement
- left
- left-winger
- leftism
- right-winger
- rightist
- sectarian
- sectarianism
- the awkward gangidiom
- the left wing
- the SDLP