Tammany
/ˈtæmənɪ/(亦作Tammany Hall)
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- (in the US) a powerful organization within the Democratic Party that was widely associated with corruption. Founded as a fraternal and benevolent society in 1789, it came to dominate political life in New York City in the 19th and early 20th centuries, before being reduced in power by Franklin D. Roosevelt in the early 1930s.（美国）坦慕尼协会（民主党内一个很有势力的组织, 常常与腐败联系在一起, 1789年成立时以友爱和慈善为宗旨, 在19世纪和20世纪早期成为纽约市政治生活中一支统治力量, 在20世纪30年代初期其势力才被富兰克林·罗斯福所削弱）。
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- as noun a Tammany a corrupt political organization or group腐败的政治组织（或集团）。
派生词
Tammanyite
noun词源
named after an American Indian chief of the late 17th cent., said to have welcomed William Penn， and regarded as 'patron saint' of Pennsylvania and other northern colonies.