| 词汇 | vip |
| 词源 | VIP. This commonly used acronym for a very important per- son only dates back to World War II, when it was coined in England by a British officer in charge of arranging flights for important military leaders. He used the acronym in order to conceal the identity of these very important people from spies. |
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