词组 | hatchet man |
释义 | hatchet mann. colloquial 1A politician or newspaper columnist whose job is to write and say unfavorable things about the opposition. 专门发表攻击性言论的政客(或专栏作家)。◆ Bill Lerner is the hatchet man for the mayor's party; he smears all the other candidates regularly.比尔·勒纳是市长一派的笔杆子;他定期诽谤所有其他的候选人。2An executive officer in a firm whose job it is to fire superfluous personnel, cut back on the budget, etc., in short, to do the necessary but unpleasant things. 公司中负责解聘、扣薪之类不愉快事情的行政官员。◆ The firm hired Cranhart to be hatchet man; his title is that of executive vice president.公司雇用克兰哈特先生负责整顿工作,他的头衔是行政副总裁。 |
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