Tammany Hall
英汉例句
- He owed his first job in politics to a Tammany Hall boss.
兰格尔的第一个政治职位归功于坦曼尼协会的老板。 - He did, however, gain considerable knowledge by talking, for he discovered the influence of Tammany Hall and the value of standing in with the police.
他常常喝醉酒，酒后脾气很坏。这是生意场上赫斯渥最看不惯的事。 - She vowed to redouble her efforts and became an adept political operator, working with the famously corrupt Democrats in Tammany Hall as well as with Republicans.
她发誓要加倍努力，并最终成为了一名出色的政治人物，和腐败透顶的坦慕尼协会的民主党人以及共和党人共事。 - During the first years of the Gilded Age, Boss Tweed's Tammany Hall provided more services to the poor than any city government before it, although for more money went into Tweed's own pocket.
在镀金时代的最初几年中，后台老板特威德的坦慕尼协会为贫困者提供的服务多于其他城市，尽管多得多的金钱落入他自己的腰包。 - I heard his footsteps in the hall.
我听见大厅里有他的脚步声。