请问同志们，beltway bandit是啥意思？

请问同志们，beltway bandit是啥意思？

beltway bandit是在华盛顿或附近的私人公司，其主要业务是提供咨询服务给美国政府。这个名称来自The Capital Beltway，是一条环绕华盛顿的环形道路（整条道路被正式称为495号州际公路，虽然东半部与95号州际公路联名，95号州际公路横贯大部分东海岸）。绝大多数的私人承包商的公司，或者至少是总部设在沿着这条道路交叉口的位置，以接近联邦机构和国会议员。Beltway bandit is a term for private companies located in or near Washington, D.C. whose major business is to provide consulting services to the US government. The phrase was originally a mild insult, implying that the companies preyed like bandits on the largesse of the federal government, but it has lost much of its pejorative nature and is now often used as a neutral, descriptive term.The name comes from the Capital Beltway, the ring road that surrounds Washington. (The entire road is officially called Interstate 495, although the eastern half is cosigned with Interstate 95, which traverses most of the East Coast.) The majority of private contractors are located, or at least headquartered, at intersections along this road in order to be close to federal agencies and legislators. There is a tendency for contractors for the various civilian departments and agencies to locate along the Maryland portion of the Beltway, while defense contractors locate nearer to the Pentagon, along the Virginia section.