| 单词 | hatchet job |
| 释义 | hatchet job (once / 207357 pages) n A hatchet job is an unfair attack on someone, especially a written attack. A newspaper article disguised as a movie review might, on closer inspection, actually be a hatchet job on the film's director. If you misrepresent or malign someone, particularly in a public way, that's a hatchet job. Writing a gossipy tell-all memoir about your family and close friends might feel like a hatchet job to them if you reveal their secrets and exaggerate their flaws. The phrase hatchet job comes from the earlier hatchet man, 1880s California slang for "hired Chinese assassin," from an earlier military term for the solider in front who cleared the way for troops. WORD FAMILYhatchet job USAGE EXAMPLES“Is this some kind of hatchet job!” he roared into the phone when I asked why, exactly, he thought Clinton should be in jail. The New Yorker(Nov 23, 2016) “Stone will do a hatchet job on the movie, but it will still be the film of Snowden,” he replied. New York Times(Aug 30, 2016) This poorly informed hatchet job comparing soccer hooligans to MLS fan clubs is a digrace to journalism. New York Times(Jul 12, 2016) n a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions Syn|Hypo|Hyper calumniation, calumny, defamation, obloquy, traducement assassination, blackwash, character assassination an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation malignment, smear, vilificationslanderous defamation libela false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person slanderwords falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another name calling, namesverbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument epithet, namea defamatory or abusive word or phrase mudslanderous remarks or charges smear wordan epithet that can be used to smear someone's reputation depreciation, derogation, disparagement a communication that belittles somebody or something |
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