hatchet job

英 美
  • n.恶毒攻击;诽谤
  • hatchet n.短柄小斧;战斧
  • job n.工作;职业;职位;(一项)任务;活儿;职责;犯罪行为;物件
Noun:
  1. a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. All the hatchet job here meant a calculated attempt to demolish the author.
      这儿所有的恶毒攻击都意味着要试图败坏作家的名誉。
    2. But the citizenry needed to be informed, and threats of libel against a newspaper for doing its job could not be allowed.
      但公民需要知情,以诽谤为由威胁报刊履行其职责是不能被容许的。

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