舉個例子吧。據(jù)說美國總統(tǒng)杜魯門1948年爭取連任成功的部分原因是他親自到火車不常??康哪切┼l(xiāng)間小鎮(zhèn)進(jìn)行競選。我們來聽聽杜魯門的火車專列如何開到美國總統(tǒng)從來不曾光臨的鄉(xiāng)鎮(zhèn)。
例句:A big crowd waited - people would drive from a 100 miles away. Truman would appear on the rear platform, say a few words and the train would pull out headed for the next whistle stop.
他說:人們會從一百英里外開車趕來,一大群人在那兒等待總統(tǒng)光臨,杜魯門到達(dá)以后就會在車尾平臺上露面,發(fā)表幾句講話,然后繼續(xù)前往下一個鄉(xiāng)間小城鎮(zhèn)。
這里的whistle stop也是冷落的鄉(xiāng)間城鎮(zhèn)。