hatchet man

英 [ˈhætʃɪt mæn] 美 [ˈhætʃɪt mæn]

n.  受雇进行不受欢迎的改变的人



牛津词典

noun

  1. 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

    柯林斯词典

    1. 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.
      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。

    双语例句

    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. 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。
    3. 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。
    4. 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。
    5. 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。
    6. 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。
    7. "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。
    8. 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。
    9. 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。
    10. 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。

    英英释义

    noun

    1. one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior

        Synonym:    enforcer

      1. a professional killer

          Synonym:    iceman