| 词汇 | example_english_oil-salesman |
| 释义 | snake oil salesmancollocation in Englishmeanings of snake, oiland salesmanThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with salesman. snake noun[C] uk /sneɪk/ us /sneɪk/ a reptile with a long body and ... See more at snake oil noun uk /ɔɪl/ us /ɔɪl/ petroleum (= the black oil obtained from under the earth's surface from which ... See more at oil salesman noun[C] uk /ˈseɪlz.mən/ us /ˈseɪlz.mən/ a man whose job is selling things in a shop or directly ... See more at salesman Examples of snake oil salesmanThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. We are back to the snake oilsalesman. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It does not need them to offer the techniques of the snake oilsalesman or smoke and mirrors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What did a snake oilsalesman do to him in the past that makes him dislike them so? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have had the politics of the snake oilsalesman and nothing of new politics. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are talking about substances which, in high concentrations, may well be poisonous, and substances for which claims are made that would make the average snake oilsalesman blush. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Pete appears as a traveling snake oilsalesman who feeds a formula to the taxi. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. By extension, a snake oilsalesman is someone who knowingly sells fraudulent goods or who is himself or herself a fraud, quack, charlatan, and the like. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. We are being sold snake oil by snake oil salesmen who want to perpetuate their hold on power only by rigging the system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the gas salesmen and the coal salesmen were as good as the oil salesmen there would be far more gas and coal installations in the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of snake Go to the definition of oil Go to the definition of salesman See other collocations with salesman |
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