Fishing expedition 手段不當(dāng)?shù)恼{(diào)查
2023-06-11 13:14:06 每日學(xué)英語(yǔ)
expedition意思是"調(diào)查、考察"。fishing expedition可能來(lái)自出海探尋魚(yú)群行蹤的遠(yuǎn)征，魚(yú)兒潛游在茫茫大海里，可真是捉摸不定，要找到他們得靠機(jī)遇，意義已經(jīng)引伸到手段不當(dāng)?shù)恼{(diào)查；（為誣陷他人或搜集新聞材料而進(jìn)行的）非法摸底調(diào)查、審前盤(pán)問(wèn)、非法調(diào)查。
【例句】
The senator says the investigation is a fishing expedition by his enemies to see if they can find anything he has ever done that might hurt his political career.
這段話說(shuō)：那位參議員聲稱，這次調(diào)查是他政敵的蓄意盤(pán)查，目的是搜羅挖掘他是否有不端行為，以便損毀他的政治生涯。
When your car got broken into, those two officers were on a fishing expedition.
當(dāng)您的車(chē)子被竊，這兩個(gè)警察是在摸底。