muckraking

muckraking
noun
  1. [mass noun]the action of searching out and publicizing scandal about famous people in an underhand way
    搜集并揭发名人丑事
adjective
  1. [attrib.]searching out and publicizing scandal in such a way
    搜集并公开丑闻的;爱搜集并揭发丑闻的
    a muckraking journalist.
    揭丑记者。
派生
muckrake
verb
muckraker
noun
语源
  1. coined by President Roosevelt in a speech (1906) alluding to Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and the man with the muck rake
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