Fishing expedition 手段不當?shù)恼{查
2023-06-11 13:14:06 每日學英語
expedition意思是"調查、考察"。fishing expedition可能來自出海探尋魚群行蹤的遠征，魚兒潛游在茫茫大海里，可真是捉摸不定，要找到他們得靠機遇，意義已經(jīng)引伸到手段不當?shù)恼{查；（為誣陷他人或搜集新聞材料而進行的）非法摸底調查、審前盤問、非法調查。
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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：那位參議員聲稱，這次調查是他政敵的蓄意盤查，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.
當您的車子被竊，這兩個警察是在摸底。