hatchet job

1. N-COUNT 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. 惡毒攻擊; 誹謗[非正式] [usu sing, oft N 'on' n]

Unfortunately, his idea of bold journalism was a hatchet job, portraying the staff in a negative light. 很遺憾，他所謂的大膽新聞報(bào)道是一種惡意攻擊，對(duì)工作人員進(jìn)行了負(fù)麪的報(bào)道。