英语词汇logrolling的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

logrolling. “You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours” was the idea behind this term, which was invented by American pi- oneers on the western frontier. Settlers clearing land and build- ing their log cabins could always count on neighbors for help in rolling down logs, with the tacit understanding they’d do the same for their neighbors whenever asked. The good neighborly expression, with its associations of rum, food, and fiddling, be- came tainted when politicians in many fields adopted it. Legis- lators are still well known for logrolling with representatives from other states; that is, one congressman will support the pet project of another if he assists in passing a bill furthering the interests of the first. Literary logrollers form mutual admiration societies, favorably reviewing each other’s books in order to promote sales and reputations. Commenting on one instance of such a practice, A. E. Housman said there had been nothing like it since the passage in Milton where sin gave birth to death.

词汇	logrolling
词源	logrolling. “You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours” was the idea behind this term, which was invented by American pi- oneers on the western frontier. Settlers clearing land and build- ing their log cabins could always count on neighbors for help in rolling down logs, with the tacit understanding they’d do the same for their neighbors whenever asked. The good neighborly expression, with its associations of rum, food, and fiddling, be- came tainted when politicians in many fields adopted it. Legis- lators are still well known for logrolling with representatives from other states; that is, one congressman will support the pet project of another if he assists in passing a bill furthering the interests of the first. Literary logrollers form mutual admiration societies, favorably reviewing each other’s books in order to promote sales and reputations. Commenting on one instance of such a practice, A. E. Housman said there had been nothing like it since the passage in Milton where sin gave birth to death.
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