| 释义 |
●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”。 |