Definition of Tammany in English:
Tammany
(also Tammany Hall)
proper nounˈtaməniˈtæməni
1(in the US) a powerful organization within the Democratic Party that was widely associated with corruption. Founded as a fraternal and benevolent society in 1789, it came to dominate political life in New York City in the 19th and early 20th centuries, before being reduced in power by Franklin D. Roosevelt in the early 1930s.
（美国）坦慕尼协会（民主党内一个很有势力的组织，常常与腐败联系在一起，1789年成立时以友爱和慈善为宗旨，在19世纪和20世纪早期成为纽约市政治生活中一支统治力量，在20世纪30年代初期其势力才被富兰克林·罗斯福所削弱）
- 1.1as noun a Tammany A corrupt political organization or group.
腐败的政治组织（或集团）
Example sentencesExamples
- I will say that if I were a Democrat and the party candidate were to be decided by a Tammany Hall back room deal, I would be hopping mad irrespective of what candidate I supported.
- They'll also, in somewhat lesser Tammany fashion, feed you.
- The story of New South Wales Labor MP's torrid time on the turps - and the New South Wales Liberal leader's expulsion from Parliament by the Tammany boys for stating the truth - has made international papers.
- Running for re-election in 1997 at a flush fiscal moment, he handed out subsidies to an array of interest groups that left him looking more like a Tammany pol than a municipal reformer.
Origin
Named after an American Indian chief of the late 17th century, said to have welcomed William Penn, and regarded as ‘patron saint’ of Pennsylvania and other northern colonies.
Rhymes
Chamonix, salmony, scammony
Definition of Tammany in US English:
Tammany
(also Tammany Hall)
proper nounˈtæməniˈtamənē
1(in the US) a powerful organization within the Democratic Party that was widely associated with corruption. Founded as a fraternal and benevolent society in 1789, it came to dominate political life in New York City in the 19th and early 20th centuries, before being reduced in power by Franklin D. Roosevelt in the early 1930s.
（美国）坦慕尼协会（民主党内一个很有势力的组织，常常与腐败联系在一起，1789年成立时以友爱和慈善为宗旨，在19世纪和20世纪早期成为纽约市政治生活中一支统治力量，在20世纪30年代初期其势力才被富兰克林·罗斯福所削弱）
- 1.1as noun TammanyUS Used in reference to a corrupt political organization or group.
腐败的政治组织（或集团）
Example sentencesExamples
- Running for re-election in 1997 at a flush fiscal moment, he handed out subsidies to an array of interest groups that left him looking more like a Tammany pol than a municipal reformer.
- The story of New South Wales Labor MP's torrid time on the turps - and the New South Wales Liberal leader's expulsion from Parliament by the Tammany boys for stating the truth - has made international papers.
- I will say that if I were a Democrat and the party candidate were to be decided by a Tammany Hall back room deal, I would be hopping mad irrespective of what candidate I supported.
- They'll also, in somewhat lesser Tammany fashion, feed you.
Origin
Named after a North American Indian chief of the late 17th century, said to have welcomed William Penn, and regarded as “patron saint” of Pennsylvania and other northern colonies.