"conventional, complacent, materialistic American businessman," 1923, from George Babbitt, title character of Sinclair Lewis' novel (1922).
His name was George F. Babbitt. He was forty-six years old now, in April 1920, and he made nothing in particular, neither butter nor shoes nor poetry, but he was nimble in the selling of houses for more money than people could afford to pay. [Sinclair Lewis, "Babbitt," 1922]
双语例句
1. Babbitt sat on the stump, facing the dark pond, slapping mosquitoes.
巴比特面对黑暗的池塘坐在树桩上, 不时拍打蚊子.
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2. Babbitt is the plump, smooth, efficient, up - to - the - minute and otherwise perfected modern.
巴比特肥胖 、 圆滑 、 精明,时髦, 几乎十全十美的现代派.
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3. Then Babbitt saw Professor Pumphrey laboriously crawling up hill.
这时候,巴比特看到庞弗里教授正吃力地一步一步爬上坡.
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4. Babbitt knew that in this place of death Paul was already dead.
巴比特知道,在这个死气沉沉的地方,保罗早已死去.
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5. Babbitt let Dr. Drew know that he was responsible for this tribute.
