中文翻译与英英解释

〔口语〕人身攻击；恶毒诽谤。

hatchet:    n. 短柄小斧。 bury the hatchet 休战 ...

job:    n.,vt.,vi. 〔方言〕＝jab.

a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone''s words or actions
同义词：defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement,

例句与用法

After i left they did a hatchet job on the club ' s new member
我离开后，他们对这位新会员进行恶毒的攻击。

Two newspapers did avery effective hatchet job on the prime minister ' s achievements
有两家报纸对首相的成就极尽诋毁之能事

The opposition leader tried to do a hatchet job on the chancellor ' s budget plans by claiming that they were inflationary
那位反对党的领袖声称，财政大臣的预算方案要就是通货膨胀，以此对他进行攻击。

Mr cheney , though , appears to care little about his critics . “ don ' t you think your book will have to be a hatchet job in order to have any credibility ? ”
根据海斯说法，切尼承认错在最初美国便急于安插代理而不是让伊拉克人对自己的国家负责；当涉及到关塔那摩湾关押恐怖分子嫌疑人员或认可采用酷刑挖掘可能性救生信息的法律程序方面，他仍固执己见。