| 释义 |
ˈmuck-raking, vbl. n.
[f. muck-rake n. and v. + -ing1.]
The employing of a muck-rake, in fig. senses. Also concr., the results of psychological or social inquiries.
1911N.Y. Even. Post 25 Jan. 14 The same articles brought President Roosevelt to the defence of the Senate, and led him to apply the word ‘muck-raking’ to the literature of higher exposure. 1919‘W. N. P. Barbellion’ Jrnl. Disappointed Man 211 Any eminently ‘right-minded’ Times or Spectator reader will ask: ‘Who in Faith's name is interested in your introspective muck⁓rakings?’ 1931L. Steffens Autobiogr. i. xiii. 105 My first essay into muck-raking cost me nothing. 1959[see demagoguery]. 1973‘M. Innes’ Appleby's Answer xv. 128 Don't imagine I have the slightest wish to be in on your muck-raking. |