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stooge (STOOJ) Our immediate association may be to the trio of Larry, Moe, and Curly, but a literal stooge is one who helps a comedian to be funny by feeding “straight” lines to him. An audience may or may not be aware that the stooge is part of the act. By extension, the word may leave the world of clowns entirely and come to mean those who allow them-selves to be used by others, presumably in exchange for some kind of gain.
- While the skill of Cox, the stooge, was the secret to the success of the comedy duo, it was Box, his partner, who received most of the applause.
- Rafferty’s press secretary was a complete stooge: he habitually took the blame for his boss’s bad decisions, always willing to say, “I misunderstood Mr. Rafferty’s instructions.”
——摘自《Fiske WordPower: The Most Effective System for Building a Vocabulary That Gets Results Fast》
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stooge (STOOJ) 我们的直接联想可能是Larry、Moe和Curly三人组，但字面意思是指通过向喜剧演员提供 “直线 “台词来帮助他搞笑的人。观众可能知道，也可能不知道傀儡是表演的一部分。推而广之，这个词可能完全离开了小丑的世界，而是指那些允许自己被别人利用的人，大概是为了换取某种利益。
虽然傀儡考克斯的技巧是这对喜剧二人组成功的秘诀，但他的搭档博克斯却获得了大部分的掌声。
拉弗蒂的新闻秘书是一个彻头彻尾的傀儡：他习惯于为他老板的错误决定背黑锅，总是愿意说：”我误解了拉弗蒂先生的指示。”
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