英语词汇brain trust的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

brain trust. James M. Kieran of the New York Times called the group of experts surrounding presidential candidate Franklin Delano Roosevelt the brains trust in his 1932 dis- patches, the term having previously been used in sarcastic reference to the first American general staff in 1901, not at all in the same sense. Headline writers quickly chopped off the cumbersome s, and by the time Roosevelt became president his larger group of experts was called the brain trust. Brain trust now is applied to trusted business as well as government advisers.

词汇	brain trust
词源	brain trust. James M. Kieran of the New York Times called the group of experts surrounding presidential candidate Franklin Delano Roosevelt the brains trust in his 1932 dis- patches, the term having previously been used in sarcastic reference to the first American general staff in 1901, not at all in the same sense. Headline writers quickly chopped off the cumbersome s, and by the time Roosevelt became president his larger group of experts was called the brain trust. Brain trust now is applied to trusted business as well as government advisers.
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