muckraker

🇺🇸 /ˈmʌkreɪkər/ 🇬🇧 /ˈmʌkreɪkə(r)/
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難度
標籤 RARE
noun
R

A person who investigates and reports on scandals or corruption, especially in politics.

The journalist was known as a muckraker for his investigative stories on government corruption.

調查政府貪腐的記者被稱為揭醜者。

R

A writer in the early 1900s in the United States who exposed social and political issues, leading to significant reforms.

The muckraker's expose on child labor led to new laws protecting young workers.

揭醜者對童工的曝光導致了保護年輕工人的新法律。

translation

n. 扒糞者, 黑幕揭發者

詞形變化

Plural muckrakers