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单词 fishing expedition
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fishing expedition
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fishing expedition: fishing expeditions
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Mattiello’s attorney says he objects to an investigation he said would become a fishing expedition based on hearsay and conjecture and motivated by sour grapes.
Washington Times(Nov 17, 2016)
As a constitutional scholar, I have studied the FBI’s troubling history of deliberately abusing search-warrant powers to go on unconstitutional fishing expeditions through Americans’ email.
Slate(Oct 30, 2016)
So, on “Joanne,” she goes on a fishing expedition for inspiration.
New York Times(Oct 19, 2016)
n an investigation undertaken in the hope (but not the stated purpose) of discovering information
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investigation, probe
an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities
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