hatchet job
noun[Cusually singular]
informaluk/ˈhætʃ.ɪt ˌdʒɒb/us/ˈhætʃ.ɪt ˌdʒɑːb/acruelwritten orspokenattackon someone or something:
攻击，诋毁Fleck wascertainlynot the onlycritictodoahatchetjobonhislatestnovel.弗莱克当然不是唯一攻击他最新小说的评论家。
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calumnyformal
Damaging reputation
- anti-defamation
- aspersion
- besmirch
- black mark
- blacken
- blot
- demonize
- dog
- dragsomeone'sname through the mire/mudidiom
- give a dog a bad nameidiom
- hurl/throw/sling mud atsomeoneidiom
- poison
- self-immolation
- show someone in a bad lightidiom
- slander
- slanderer
- slanderous
- smear
- stab
- stain
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