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muckrake

/muhk-reyk/US // ˈmʌkˌreɪk //UK // (ˈmʌkˌreɪk) //

鸭嘴兽,鸭舌帽,鸭舌草,鸭舌兰

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  1. 1

    muck·raked, muck·rak·ing.

    • : to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as ininvestigate
Forms: muckraking
Synonyms
consider考虑,认为,思考,考虑到examine审查,检查,研究,审视explore探索,探讨,探寻,探究inspect检查,检验,巡查,监察interrogate审问,审讯,盘问,质问probe探测,探索,探测器,调查question问题,疑问,疑问句review审查,回顾,复审,复查scrutinize审视,审议,睃巡,端详search搜索,搜寻,搜查,检索study研究,研究报告,学习,研究报告书bug错误,窃听器,虫子,臭虫case案例,案件,案子,案delve深入研究,探讨,深入了解,深究dig挖掘,挖掘机,挖出,挖eyeball眼球,眼珠子,眼睛,眼珠frisk搜身,搜查,搜身检查,搜身术inquire查询,询问,问询,问讯poke拨动,戳,戳戳,捅prospect前景,前景展望,展望,前景预测pry窥探,撬开,撬动,刺探read阅读,读,读取,看reconnoiter侦察员,侦查,侦察,侦查员research研究,研究工作,科研,研究报告scout侦察员,侦查员,侦察兵,童子军sift筛选,筛,筛分,筛查spy谍报,谍报人员,谍影重重,谍报员tap轻拍,敲击,轻敲,敲打wiretap窃窃窃听,窃窃私语,窃窃私听,窃听be all ears洗耳恭听check out查阅,查看,查阅资料,查出check over检查,仔细检查,检查一下,核对check up检查,查验,检查一下,查看feel out摸索,试探,摸摸头,摸出give the once over仔细检查,仔细检查一下,拂拭一遍,扫荡go into进入,进,入,陷入inquisite玲珑,玲珑剔透,玲珑剔透的,玲珑体listen in监听,倾听,监听电话,聆听look into探寻,调查,检视,探究look over查看,查看一下,看过了,看过look-see看一看,查看,观望,观察make inquiry进行查询,进行询问,查询,进行咨询nose around探头,探头探脑,探头探尾,探查put to the test考验,受到考验,受考验,接受考验run down奔溃,坠落,奔溃的,流失stake out监视,盯梢,盯住,盯紧
as inslander
Forms: muckraking
Synonyms
belittle轻视,贬低,蔑视,看轻besmirch污辱,污秽物,污秽,污秽不堪defame诋毁,诽谤,毁谤,诽谤罪defile丑化,隘口,隘路,弄脏了denigrate诋毁,贬低,诽谤,驳斥disparage贬低,诋毁,贬损,贬低他人libel诽谤,毁谤,诽谤罪,中伤malign恶意的,弊端,恶毒的,恶性scandalize丑化,诋毁,流言蜚语,诽谤smear涂抹,涂片,敷衍了事,抹黑sully玷污,污辱,玷污了,脏污tarnish玷污,抹黑,玷污了,弄脏vilify诋毁,诽谤,诋毁他人,诋譭asperse渴望,渴望的,渴望着,渴望得到assail袭击,攻击,殴打,打击attack攻击,袭击,抨击,抨击的backbite背影,背面,背面的人belie相信,信仰,坚信blaspheme亵渎,亵渎神明,亵渎神灵,亵渎上帝blister水泡,疱疹,起泡,起泡剂blot污点,污渍,污痕,污污点calumniate谰言,谰调curse诅咒,咒语,咒骂,咒诅damage损失,损害,损伤,损坏decry问罪,声讨,质询,质问depreciate贬值,贬低,折旧,贬值的derogate减损,克减,贬低,减损了detract减损,减轻,减轻影响,减损了dishonor辱骂,不名誉,侮辱,不光彩的事hit撞击,冲击,撞击声,敲击hurt伤害,负伤,伤痛,受伤的injure伤害,损伤,受伤,伤害了pan平底锅,盘子,盘点,锅plaster石膏,膏药,灰泥,抹灰revile咒骂,谩骂,辱骂,僝僽roast烘烤,焙烧,烘焙,焙烤scorch灼烧,烧焦,灼热,灼伤slam猛击,抨击,猛烈抨击,猛烈撞击slur骚乱,骚动,啧啧称奇,啧啧啧smirch冷笑,冷笑话,傻笑,哼哼唧唧sneer讥笑,冷笑话,冷笑,讥讽strumpet小胖子,矮子,胖子,矮胖子traduce诱导,诱骗,诱拐,诱导性bad-mouth糟糕的口碑,恶口,烂嘴,糟粕blacken name黑名,黩武,黩武者cast a slur on抹黑,诋毁,诽谤,嘲弄give a bad name恶名昭彰,恶名昭著,恶名远扬,骂人run smear campaign抹黑,抹黑运动,抹黑活动,抹黑行动sling mud投掷泥浆,投掷泥土,泥浆,投掷泥巴tear down拆毁,拆除,拆掉,拆迁

Examples

  • He carried the torch of muckraking journalism during an era when most reporters simply published what politicians said, without questioning or challenging them.

  • Of Walt Whitman it is: "The dirty, clumsy paws of a harper whose plectrum is a muckrake."

  • The journalist might well exchange the muckrake for the pick and dig it out.