hatchet job

音標發(fā)音

The press did a very effective hatchet job on her last movie.
報界對她上一部電影進行了惡意攻擊，造成了很大影響。
When the company was taken over the new managing director did a hatchet job and fired half the staff.
新的公司被接手的時候，新的管理總監(jiān)惡語相向并且解雇了一半員工。
“If we do not do our job properly, bury the hatchet and move forward, there’s a danger that the people of this area will march to Lahore and will not spare the elite class, ” he said.
“如果我們工作不到位，不與他們達成和解繼續(xù)前進，這個地區(qū)的人們很可能跑到拉合爾去，并不會饒恕特權階級”。他說道。

Would you have accused Korean War vets of engaging in a political hatchet job because they disagreed with a ruling that resulted in the government illegally (at least in my opinion) screwing them out of the benefits they were promised?
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To do a hatchet job on someone or something means to say or write something mentioning many bad things about them, which harms their reputation.