| 单词 | tinpot |
| 例句 | The Daily Mail says it's typical of a tinpot Latin paper pusher to make stupid quips about life and death. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z No tinpot order of mice was going to stand against the might of Cluny the Scourge. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The majority wrote to script, casting the man in Miraflores as tinpot dictator or socialist saviour. Hugo Chávez: the best books on the late Venezuelan leader 2013-03-07T15:25:53Z It’s just that I associated such rises with unexceptional, largely tinpot countries or ones truly down on their luck. The real face of Washington (and America): It can happen here — in fact, it did 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z TV is more of a writer’s or producer’s medium; it clips the wings of a director and prevents them from behaving like tinpot dictators. Chloë Sevigny: ‘I now have total disdain for directors’ 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Russell Beale is also very good at swivel-eyed panic and never lets us forget that, while Roote is a tinpot tyrant, he himself is in nervous thrall to his ministerial superiors. The Hothouse – review 2013-05-09T23:06:09Z But as the rebels who eventually toppled those tinpot dictators knew, the best way to victory is to inspire in Latinos an emotion just as visceral, and one that Democrats have seemed to forget: hope. Column: Democrats need to get over the shock — shock, I say! — that Latinos voted for Trump 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z Presidents mimics the actions of tinpot dictators cracking down on civil unrest in places like Azerbaijan or Cambodia. 5 epic failures of Donald Trump that illustrate the U.S.’s decline 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z Is there anything more tedious than being asked to marvel at the majesty of some tinpot local bigwig? As Fifa urges action against inequality, how is Qatar 2022 looking these days? | Barney Ronay 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z President Trump is, temperamentally, a tinpot despot of this type. Opinion | Salman Rushdie: I’ve seen dictators rise and fall. Beware, America. 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z His high status in the Trump family appears to insulate him from the president’s tendency to – like a medieval monarch or tinpot dictator – cast out favourites on a whim. Can Trump's social media Rasputin cast his spell over voters again? 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Mr Johnson was branded a "tinpot dictator" and a "liar" by opposition politicians - a big no-no in the Commons. Do MPs need to mind their language? 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Like tinpot dictators the world over, Trump thinks of himself as the center of the universe, and everything he does, all day long every single day, seeks to put himself there and keep himself there. Mass rallies, crazy decisions, grandiose posturing: This is what living in a dictatorship feels like 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z It is the hallmark of many non-Democratic countries that tinpot dictators appear, at the drop of a hat, on national broadcast outlets. US TV networks put ratings over principle by airing Trump speech | Emily Bell 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z There has already been some grudging talk of a tinpot trophy, of undue euphoria at crumbs from a competition Jürgen Klopp has called “the most senseless in the world”. Wealth of Nations League: Uefa’s rare good idea a wonder to be savoured | Barney Ronay 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z By a tinpot demagogue stomping on checks and balances he can’t even fathom or a shadowy authoritarian expertly and quietly dismantling checks and balances he knows are sacred? Opinion | Who’s the Real American Psycho? 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z Myanmar's Nobel Peace Laureate is just another tinpot fascist dictators. They Documented a Massacre. Their Prize Is a Prison Cell in Myanmar. 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z They are more clever and subtle than your garden variety tinpot dictatorship. ‘Me Too,’ Chinese Women Say. Not So Fast, Say the Censors. 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z The result is that promises from the U.S. government are now as worthless as those from a tinpot dictator. When it comes to Trump, a deal isn’t a deal 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Which is, it must be said some decent tinpot. Wealth of Nations League: Uefa’s rare good idea a wonder to be savoured | Barney Ronay 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z And for all that it now possesses nuclear weapons, Mr Kim’s regime is still tinpot and decrepit, atop a mountain of resentment and wasted human lives. It is too late to get North Korea to give up its nukes 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z A lying president aspiring to become a tinpot dictator is making his move. Red alert: The First Amendment is in danger 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z That was the assessment of Democratic leaders, legal observers and security experts last night, with some drawing direct comparisons to Watergate and tinpot dictatorships. 'Terrifying, Nixonian': Comey's firing takes democracy to dark new territory 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Even George W Bush’s former secretary for homeland security was appalled: “It smacks of what we read about tinpot dictators in other parts of the world.” So long, 2016: the year of the political earthquake 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z But there’s a simple answer, time tested by tinpot strongmen the world over: build stuff and put your name on it. Yellen's interest rates signal to Donald Trump: take it easy, bad boy | Michael Paarlberg 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z That means no cheating, and we should all applaud him for his courage in saying it instead of mocking him or making him out to be an Americanized version of a third world tinpot. A Responsible Refusal From Trump 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Chavez said the word socialism but really was a common tinpot dictator. Hard Times in Venezuela Breed Malaria as Desperate Flock to Mines 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z "This is clearly not some tinpot little coup. The Turkish ambassador was clearly shocked and is taking it very seriously," the diplomat told Reuters as the dinner party broke up. Turkish coup bid crumbles as crowds answer call to streets, Erdogan returns 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Desperate to establish a distinctive identity for a firm he characterized as “a tinpot little label,” he found his footing in theatrical comedy. George Martin dies at 90; Beatles' producer helped create some of rock's landmark moments 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z Mr Emmerson told the inquiry Mr Putin was an "increasingly isolated tinpot despot" and a "morally deranged authoritarian". Litvinenko inquiry: Vladimir Putin 'ordered killing' - BBC News 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z In a parting remark, Mugabe, who is often depicted in the West as a tinpot African dictator, asked for the outside world to judge him fairly. 'Boxing' Mugabe lays down the gloves on Zimbabwe election eve 2013-07-30T17:57:24Z Yet every day brings fresh evidence of a new setback, of some supposedly steel-like democracy showing a tinpot underbelly. Mark Carney is hailed as a saviour – but what do we really know about him? 2013-07-01T19:00:02Z "Argentina is not just another 'banana republic' - a tin pot country led by a tinpot dictator," he wrote in his valedictory despatch in June 1982. Falklands attack 'surprised' Thatcher 2012-12-28T00:08:19Z We're only tinpot people and to actually have a racecourse put a whole shebang on like this, I was pinching myself this morning. Anthony Knott believes plenty more to come from remarkable Hunt Ball 2012-11-09T18:14:23Z Don’t go sending over some tinpot excuse, you unreliable beggar.” John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising Here’s a tinpot township with three or four stores, as many more tin houses, and a Methodist chapel, and the Residency. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion The momentary glimpse I had of that chief's face made clear to me many passages in history, many things in literature, many dark and tortuous riddles in the adventures of my own little tinpot soul. Aliens In the English-speaking provinces many Conservatives denounced a Canadian fleet as 'a tinpot navy,' useless, expensive, and separatist, and called for a gift of Dreadnoughts. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time That captain has heady ambitions under his hat, maybe like setting up here as a tinpot governor or something like. Rebel Spurs Nayland is a stuffed shirt of the first stuffing, and a tinpot Hitler to boot, but he is fanatically and incorruptibly patriotic. The Mercenaries The sort of Australian who used to talk about our "tinpot navy" labelled the Australians who rushed at the chance of adventure the moment the recruiting lists were opened "the six bob a day tourists." Letters from France The natives can purchase from the "compound" store every possible thing they want, from a tinpot to a blanket, from a suit of old clothes to a pannikin of mealies. A Winter Tour in South Africa "The tinpot style," said Mr. Britling at last in a voice of extreme bitterness. Mr. Britling Sees It Through It is not all bric-a-brac and moonlight and chivalric tinpot helmets. Promenades of an Impressionist We three sat in the little bridge of the tinpot boat, and smoked pipes and watched the great muddy river rushing between wonderful banks. Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis D'ye think I mind what you and your little tinpot crew say. Many Cargoes That's refreshing," he said, returning Jack the tinpot, "and I feel the cooler for it. Jack Tier Don't make too much of your little tinpot tragedy. Major Barbara England will blow your trumpery little fleet out of the water and sweep your tinpot army into Siberia for this. Great Catherine |
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