hatchet man

hatchet man

美 　英

• n.“刀斧手”（受雇進行不受歡迎的改革的人）
• 網絡打手；職業殺手；走狗

詞形變化

復數：hatchet men  

英漢雙解

英漢解釋

na.	1. 被雇用的刺客,打手 2. 走卒,走狗 3. 〈美俚〉破壞他人〔尤指競選人〕名譽的作家[演說者等]

英英解釋

n.	1. someone employed by a company to do a job that is not popular with other people, especially to get rid of members of the staff 2. someone whose profession is to kill people

例句

The man was sentenced to serve five years in prison for trying to hire a hatchet man to kill his opponent.

這個人因企圖雇用槍手殺死對手而被判處五年徒刑。

The firm hired Mr Green to be hatchet man; his title is that of Executive Vice President.

公司雇用格林先生專門負責整頓工作，他的頭銜是行政副總裁。

Feared by many and liked by few, Colson was known as Nixon's "hatchet man. "

很多的人怕他，只有很少的人喜歡他，他是眾所周知的尼克松總統的“打手”。

John Smith is the hatchet man for the Mayor's Party; he smears all the other candidates regularly.

約翰·史密斯是市長一派雇用來破壞他人名譽的作家，他按時攻擊所有其他的侯選人。

When the news reached Lee, where he led seventy-eight "hatchet man" , the two men brought a little house beat.

消息傳到李某那里，他帶領七八個“打手”，把兩人帶到一間小屋子里痛打。

Yeh Sheng-mao was his hatchet man, his accomplice, and a traitor to our entire justice system.

葉盛茂則是他的鷹犬、共犯，更是全體司法人員的叛徒。

But over the past few months Mr Clinton has downgraded himself from global statesman to political hatchet-man.

但是在過去的幾個月里，克林頓先生把自己從全球政治家降級為政治打手。

When the small hatchet man for his impression . . . The people are good, but the stars again bright also is the annihilation.

當時那不起眼的小打手給自己的印象是……這人演得太好了，只是星星再亮也被月光湮沒了。

Susan: I certainly hope so. Well, we'll find out next week when the hatchet man turns up.

蘇珊：我當然也希望如此。好吧，我們看看下周那些家伙來了是什么情況吧。

The problem of hatchet man machine does not invite on the plane;

飛機上不讓打手機的問題；