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hatchet /ˈhætʃɪt/► SEE ALLa hatchet job (on sb/sth)bury the hatchetbury your differences
●a ˈhatchet job (on sb/sth) (informal) strong criticism that is unfair or intended to harm sb/sth 恶毒攻击；诽谤◆The press did a very effective hatchet job on her last movie.
报界对她上一部电影进行了恶意攻击，造成了很大影响。 ORIGIN In the past in the US, a hatchet man was a person who was paid to kill somebody, often using a hatchet (= a small axe). A hatchet job was originally therefore a murder. 旧时在美国，hatchet man 指通常用短柄小斧（hatchet）受雇杀人的人，因而 hatchet job 原指“谋杀”。●ˌbury the ˈhatchet●ˌbury your ˈdifferences (of two people or groups 两个人或团体) agree to forget past disagreements and be friends again 捐弃前嫌，言归于好◆I’ve said I’m prepared to bury the hatchet, but John says he won’t forgive me for what happened.我说了我愿意言归于好，可是约翰说对于过去发生的事情他不会原谅我。 ORIGIN When Native Americans agreed to end fighting and begin a period of peace they held a ceremony in which they buried a hatchet or tomahawk (= a small axe). 美洲印第安人同意结束战争接受和平时会举行一个埋葬 hatchet （短柄小斧）或 tomahawk （战斧）的仪式。 |