potshot
英 ['p?t??t]
美['pɑt?ɑt]
- n. 亂射；肆意抨擊
- v. 肆意抨擊；射擊（potshoot的過去分詞）
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?potshots;第三人稱單數(shù):?potshots;過去式:?potshotted;過去分詞:?potshotted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?potshotting;
中文詞源
potshot 亂射一氣pot,罐子，shot,射。比喻用法，只要射中獵物有肉吃就行，而不考慮射擊的風度和技巧。
英文詞源
- potshot
- potshot: [19] A potshot was originally a shot taken at an animal or bird simply in order to kill it for food – in order to get it into the ‘pot’, in other words – rather than in accordance with the strict code and precise techniques of shooting as a ‘sport’. Indeed to begin with it was distinctly a contemptuous term among the hunting and shooting fraternity. But gradually it broadened out in meaning to any ‘casually aimed shot’.
- 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."
雙語例句
- 1. Somebody took a potshot at him as he drove past.
- 他開車通過的時候，有人向他亂開了一槍。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. I took a potshot at the rabbit, but missed.
- 我向兔子胡亂打了一槍, 但是沒有射中.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 3. Two influential economists take a potshot at financial policymakers. Why don't their criticisms add up?
- 兩位有名經(jīng)濟學(xué)家狠惡報復(fù)金融政策擬定者. 而他們的批駁為何不惻隱理?
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