muckraking
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++muck·rak·ing /ˈmʌk-reɪkɪŋ/ noun [uncountable] TCNAMTthe practice of telling or writing unpleasant and perhaps untrue stories about people’s private lives, especially famous people 收集和披露〔尤指名人的〕隐私[丑闻] Two of the candidates complained of unfair muckraking during the election campaign. 候选人中有两位抱怨此次选举活动中有揭人隐私的不公平做法。 —muckraking adjective —muckraker noun [countable]
Examples from the Corpus
muckraking• a muckraking, gossipy magazine• A war of words continued for months, the defeated candidates complaining of unfair muckraking.muck·rak·ing nounChineseSyllable
of the practice Corpus perhaps unpleasant or writing telling and
muckraking
muck‧rak‧ing /ˈmʌk-reɪkɪŋ/
noun [uncountable]
the practice of telling or writing unpleasant and perhaps untrue stories about people’s private lives, especially famous people:
Two of the candidates complained of unfair muckraking during the election campaign.
—muckraking adjective
—muckraker noun [countable]
muck‧rak‧ing /ˈmʌk-reɪkɪŋ/
noun [uncountable]the practice of telling or writing unpleasant and perhaps untrue stories about people’s private lives, especially famous people:
—muckraking adjective
—muckraker noun [countable]