英语词汇potemkin village的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Potemkin village. Russian army officer Gregory Potemkin helped his lover Catherine the Great try to improve the coun- try’s economy. He tried to make many reforms in the Ukraine, but corrupt administrators spoiled his plans, and when Cather- ine wanted to see good results, he decided to trick her. Whether the allegations are true or not, it was said that Potemkin led Catherine on tours to places where conditions were best and even constructed false-front villages, transporting “contented peasants” from one of these sham villages to another just ahead of the Russian empress. As a result Potemkin village has become the synonym for something that looks good on the outside but really isn’t, or a government plan to fool the people.

词汇	potemkin village
词源	Potemkin village. Russian army officer Gregory Potemkin helped his lover Catherine the Great try to improve the coun- try’s economy. He tried to make many reforms in the Ukraine, but corrupt administrators spoiled his plans, and when Cather- ine wanted to see good results, he decided to trick her. Whether the allegations are true or not, it was said that Potemkin led Catherine on tours to places where conditions were best and even constructed false-front villages, transporting “contented peasants” from one of these sham villages to another just ahead of the Russian empress. As a result Potemkin village has become the synonym for something that looks good on the outside but really isn’t, or a government plan to fool the people.
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