carpetbagger

英 ['kɑːpɪtbæɡə(r)] 美 ['kɑrpɪtbæɡɚ]

carpetbagger (n.): also carpet-bagger, 1868, American English, scornful appellation for Northerners who went South after the fall of the CSA seeking private gain or political advancement. The name is based on the image of men arriving with all their worldly goods in a big carpetbag. Sense later extended to any opportunist from out of the area.

1. He had come to Washington, not as a common carpetbagger, but a man well known.: 他来到华盛顿时，不是以寻常的外来政客的身份，而是作为一位名人。