sandbagger
/sand-bag/US // ˈsændˌbæg //UK // (ˈsændˌbæɡ) //
沙袋人,沙袋者,沙袋,沙包客
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
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- : a bag filled with sand, used in fortification, as ballast, etc.
- : such a bag used as a weapon.
v.有主动词 verb
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sand·bagged, sand·bag·ging.
- : to furnish with sandbags.
- : to hit or stun with a sandbag.
- : Informal. to set upon violently; attack from or as if from ambush.to coerce or intimidate, as by threats: The election committee was sandbagged into nominating the officers for a second term.to thwart or cause to fail or be rejected, especially surreptitiously or without warning: He sandbagged our proposal with his snide remarks to the boss.
- : Poker.to deceive into remaining in the pot by refraining from betting on a strong hand, then raising the bet in a later round.Informal.to gain an advantage over by concealing one's abilities or other strengths early in a game or other competitive activity.Informal.to gain an advantage by concealing or downplaying the strengths of: companies that sandbag their earnings estimates and then easily beat them to make everyone happy.
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Examples
Advocates said they hoped the proposed legislation will help curb further sandbag approvals.
County officials had required a previous owner to tear out an illegal seawall in the 1990s, and the state later allowed the owner to lay a mound of emergency sandbags that blocked the public beach for the next 25 years.
Regulators levied small fines but authorized the sandbags after the fact.
The state approved sandbags in 2017, but the permit expired in September.
When the permit for the sandbags fronting Greg Kempson’s house in Waialua expired in 2016, he said no one from the state contacted him.
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