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黑马
(2006-06-19 23:27:37)| 分类： 休闲日志 |
听电视台的朋友说，他们在评论世界杯的时候要避免“黑马”这词语，说这是因为作为媒介应该避忌racism.
但是，其实“黑马”本意并没有针对肤色种族。黑马是“dark
horse”，源于19世纪的一著名小说，一匹首次登场而不知名的马在一场赛事中意外获胜。其后，“dark
horse”在美国被惯用于政界选举，指不为人们熟悉的新候选人。
Dark horse was originally alluded to an
unknown horse winning a race and was
so used in
a novel "The Young Duke" by Benjamin Disraeli in 1831.
In the U.S. politics, a dark horse
candidate is a person unexpectedly chosen by
a major party as a candidate for public
office, especially for the presidency.
A well-known example of a dark horse is
James K. Polk, who was selected at
the Democratic convention of 1844 on the
ninth ballot, although he had not been
nominated until the eighth
ballot.
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