muckraking
muckrakingnoun- [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- [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muckrakeverbmuckrakernoun语源- 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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