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单词 hatchet man
释义

hatchet man

noun
1
informal a person employed to carry out controversial or disagreeable tasks, such as the dismissal of a number of people from employment
〈非正式〉心腹执事(指受雇做麻烦事, 如解雇员工等的人), 亲信。
1.1
a person who writes fierce attacks on others or their work
对某人(或其工作)作激烈书面攻击者。
词源
late 19th cent. (originally US): figuratively, from an early use denoting a hired Chinese assassin.
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