英语词汇re-rat的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	re-rat
词源	re-rat. They say you can rat, but you can’t re-rat. To rat is to change one’s political affiliation. Possibly, the coinage dates to 1923–24, when Winston Churchill rejoined the Conservatives after having left them earlier to join the Liberal Party.
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