英语词汇“muckrake”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To muckrake is to write stories revealing scandals about politicians and other powerful people. If you want to muckrake for a living, try getting a job writing for a tabloid.

Someone who muckrakes is called a muckraker, and their job is to investigate public figures and expose anything they discover that's illegal or unethical. Many journalists muckrake during political campaigns, reporting on personal scandals, corruption, and sometimes simply gossip. The term muckrake initially meant, literally, "to rake muck," but in 1906 President Roosevelt popularized the "investigative reporting" meaning of the word.

WORD FAMILY

muckrake: muckraked, muckraker, muckrakes, muckraking+/muckraker: muckrakers

USAGE EXAMPLES

In New Delhi, the well-known muckraking magazine Tehelka was forced to cease operations temporarily in the early aughts, after becoming the target of governmental investigations.

The New Yorker(Dec 20, 2016)

Amnesty has taken up the cases of such protesters as the art group Pussy Riot, in Russia, or the muckraking journalist Khadija Ismayilova, in Azerbaijan.

The New Yorker(Oct 12, 2016)

The magazine won a prestigious George Polk Award for reporting that year, with judges citing its “explosive revival of the great muckraking tradition.”

Washington Post(Aug 30, 2016)

v explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures

This reporter was well-known for his muckraking

Hyper

break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap

make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

单词	muckrake
释义	muckrake (once / 22556 pages) v To muckrake is to write stories revealing scandals about politicians and other powerful people. If you want to muckrake for a living, try getting a job writing for a tabloid. Someone who muckrakes is called a muckraker, and their job is to investigate public figures and expose anything they discover that's illegal or unethical. Many journalists muckrake during political campaigns, reporting on personal scandals, corruption, and sometimes simply gossip. The term muckrake initially meant, literally, "to rake muck," but in 1906 President Roosevelt popularized the "investigative reporting" meaning of the word. WORD FAMILY muckrake: muckraked, muckraker, muckrakes, muckraking+/muckraker: muckrakers USAGE EXAMPLES In New Delhi, the well-known muckraking magazine Tehelka was forced to cease operations temporarily in the early aughts, after becoming the target of governmental investigations. The New Yorker(Dec 20, 2016) Amnesty has taken up the cases of such protesters as the art group Pussy Riot, in Russia, or the muckraking journalist Khadija Ismayilova, in Azerbaijan. The New Yorker(Oct 12, 2016) The magazine won a prestigious George Polk Award for reporting that year, with judges citing its “explosive revival of the great muckraking tradition.” Washington Post(Aug 30, 2016) v explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures This reporter was well-known for his muckraking Hyper break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
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