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单词 muckrake
释义 muck·rake AHD[mŭkʹrāk'] D.J.[ˈmʌkˌreɪk]K.K.[ˈmʌkˌrek]v.intr.(不及物动词)muck.raked, muck.rak.ing, muck.rakes
  1. To search for and expose misconduct in public life.揭丑,揭发:搜集并揭发社会生活中的丑闻
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  1. [From the man with the muckrake, who cannot look up to heaven because he is so obsessed with the muck of worldly profit, in] Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan [来自于有丑闻的人不能够指望天堂因为他太看重于世俗名利,见于约翰·班扬的] 天路历程 by John Bunyan
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