词汇 | moonies |
词源 | Moonies. A name given to the followers of Sun Myung Moon (b. 1920), founder of the controversial Unification Church, which has often been charged with the brainwashing of con- verts and unscrupulous fund-raising methods. An avowed an- ticommunist, Moon emigrated to the U.S. after the Korean War and became a successful businessman before founding his church. |
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