新闻英语词汇: whistle-stop_北京外宾旅游指南

新闻英语词汇 Journalism Vocabulary

whistle-stop noun [ C ]

Meaning
a series of short visits to different places, made usually by a politician
（政治家）在各地短暂的访问 (Cambridge)

在政治家，政客，竞选候选人短时间内在许多不同城镇露脸，进行政治演讲。这个词起源于政客们早期主要乘火车旅行，并在小镇上的“笛鸣”，然后在火车后部发表演讲。现在，改词涵盖了多个短暂停留的任何旅行方式。

Citations
Melania Trump's whistle-stop Africa tour：US First Lady Melania Trump is visiting Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and Egypt to promote children's welfare on what is her first major foreign trip alone.
--BBC

Donald Trump: Whistle-stop summary of his interview with Piers Morgan
Fresh off the back of his press conference with Theresa May yesterday, Donald Trump gave a wide-ranging interview to Good Morning Britain presenter and part-time cheerleader Piers Morgan.
--- scramnews.com June 5, 2019 By Joe Evans

Of all the events on Trump’s whistle-stop itinerary, it was Helsinki that carried the most political weight.