hatchet man

美 [ˈhætʃɪt mæn]英 [ˈhætʃɪt mæn]
  • n.受雇进行不受欢迎的改变的人

复数: hatchet men

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noun

informal受雇进行不受欢迎的改变的人
a person employed by an organization to make changes that are not popular with the other people who work there

hatchet man

频次

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    N-COUNT 刀斧手,刽子手(指机构内执行大量裁员任务的人)
    You can refer to someone who makes changes in an organization by getting rid of lots of people as a hatchet man, especially if you think they do so in an unnecessarily harsh way.

    They reckoned he was a hatchet man, out to shred the workforce and crush the union.

    他们估计他是上司派来的刽子手,专门对工人大开杀戒,大肆镇压工会。

noun

1
one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior
Synonym: enforcer
2
a professional killer
Synonym: iceman

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  1. They reckoned he was a hatchet man , out to shred the workforce and crush the union .

    他们估计他是上司派来的刽子手,专门对工人大开杀戒,大肆镇压工会。

  2. He always had a hatchet man do the dirty work for him .

    他总是找一名打手为他干这样的卑鄙勾当。

  3. That hatchet man released rumor of a sex scandal to the press .

    桃色新闻那个撰文者把桃色丑闻泄露给新闻界。

  4. Look in him ," Network hatchet man " generation is not result of a day , have its however of deep and real reason .

    在他看来,“网络打手”的产生并非一日之功,而是有其深厚现实原因的。

  5. When the news reached Lee , where he led seventy-eight " hatchet man ", the two men brought a little house beat .

    消息传到李某那里,他带领七八个“打手”,把两人带到一间小屋子里痛打。

  6. Fleet Street loves a good scandal . That hatchet man released rumors of a sex scandal to the press .

    新闻界热衷于轰动性的丑闻.那个撰文者把桃色丑闻泄露给新闻界。

  7. The man was sentenced to serve five years in prison for trying to hire a hatchet man to kill his opponent .

    这个人因企图雇用枪手杀死对手而被判处五年徒刑。

  8. John Smith is the hatchet man for the Mayor 's Party ; he smears all the other candidates regularly .

    约翰·史密斯是市长一派雇用来破坏他人名誉的作家,他按时攻击所有其他的侯选人。

  9. Alleged " the net is black " point to to vulgar taste and insalubrious thing are made on the network namely ," Network hatchet man " it is among them typical more .

    所谓“网黑”就是指网络上制造低级趣味和不健康的东西,“网络打手”更是其中的典型。

  10. All of us are the employees whom the texts record seafood , the boss cans not find a body , hatchet man institution machine , we could not take the labor cost of default .

    我们都是文记海鲜的员工,老板找不到人,打手机关机,我们拿不到拖欠的工资。

  11. " Up in the Air ," starring George Clooney as a corporate hatchet man forced to consider his life 's direction , took home nominations for bestfilm drama and for Clooney as best actor .

    《悬而未决》获本届金球奖最佳影片提名,其主演乔治•克鲁尼凭借该片获得最佳男演员提名。克鲁尼在片中饰演一个公司裁员专家,后(因自己遭遇职业危机)不得不重新思考人生方向。