hatchet job

• n. 恶毒攻击；诽谤

英英释义

Noun:

1. a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. All the hatchet job here meant a calculated attempt to demolish the author.
   这儿所有的恶毒攻击都意味着要试图败坏作家的名誉。
2. But the citizenry needed to be informed, and threats of libel against a newspaper for doing its job could not be allowed.
   但公民需要知情，以诽谤为由威胁报刊履行其职责是不能被容许的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• calumny 诽谤
• traducement 中伤
• calumniation 毁谤
• defamation 诽谤
• obloquy 漫骂