muckrake
/muhk-reyk/US // ˈmʌkˌreɪk //UK // (ˈmʌkˌreɪk) //
鸭嘴兽,鸭舌帽,鸭舌草,鸭舌兰
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Definitions
v.无主动词 verb
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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
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.
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