potshot 英 ['pɒtʃɒt]   美 ['pɑtʃɑt]

potshot

potshot  英 ['pɒtʃɒt] 美 ['pɑtʃɑt]

n. 乱射;肆意抨击  v. 肆意抨击;射击(potshoot的过去分词) 

名词复数:potshots 

Two influential economists take a potshot at financial policymakers. Why don't their criticisms add up? 两位著名经济学家猛烈抨击金融政策制定者。 而他们的批判为何不合情理?。

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  • n. 乱射;肆意抨击
  • v. 肆意抨击;射击(potshoot的过去分词)
  • 1. Two influential economists take a potshot at financial policymakers. Why don't their criticisms add up?

    两位著名经济学家猛烈抨击金融政策制定者。 而他们的批判为何不合情理?。

  • potshot (n.) also pot-shot, 1836, "shot taken at animal simply to 'get it in the pot,' not for sport or marksmanship;" from pot (n.1) + shot (n.). Extended sense of "opportunistic criticism" first recorded 1926. Compare pot-hunter "one who shoots whatever he finds; one who kills for food not for sport."
pot·shot / ˈpɒtʃɒt ; NAmE ˈpɑːtʃɑːt / ( also pot ) noun ( informal) a shot that sb fires without aiming carefully 乱射;盲目射击 Somebody took a potshot athim as he drove past. 他开车经过的时候,有人向他乱开了一枪。 ( figurative) The newspapers tookconstant potshots at (= criticized)the president. 报界经常恣意批评总统。 pot·shot / ˈpɒtʃɒt ; NAmE ˈpɑːtʃɑːt /
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