Here was a type of the travelling canvasser for a manufacturing house -- a class which at that time was first being dubbed by the slang of the day " drummers.
”這人是為生產(chǎn)廠家 推銷 產(chǎn)品的旅行推銷員,當(dāng)時剛剛流行把這類人稱作“皮包客. ”
《簡明英漢詞典》
It'seems the canvasser was once a general.
那位推銷員好像原來是一位將軍.
互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
"a pollster conducts public opinion polls"
"a headcounter counts heads"