| 词汇 | fishing-expedition |
| 释义 | a fishing expeditionidiommainly US an attempt to discover the facts about something by collecting a lot of information, often secretly: （通常指秘密地）收罗信息、资料（用于调查揭示真相） The investigators' request for the company's accounts is simply a fishing expedition - they have no real evidence of wrongdoing.调查员要求查公司的账只是一个收集信息的手段——他们没有违规操作的真实证据。 Finding and discovering ascertain break (fresh/new) groundidiom breakthrough bring something to lightidiom catch someone red-handedidiom fossick found geocache geocaching get hold ofidiom homing pinpoint plumb red-handed rediscover rediscovery refind refound sniff suss fishing expedition noun[ C ] uk /ˈfɪʃ.ɪŋ ek.spəˌdɪʃ.ən/ us /ˈfɪʃ.ɪŋ ek.spəˌdɪʃ.ən/ If someone goes on a fishing expedition, they attempt to find evidence that someone has done something illegal or interesting, but without saying that this is the purpose of their search: This was so obviously a fishing expedition from the start to see if there was anything the police could charge me with. on a fishing expeditionThe opposition accused the government of going on a political fishing expedition. The police chief said that he didn't want his men to waste their time going on fishing expeditions. I think she was just on a fishing expedition, trying to find out how much we have uncovered. Gossip and rumour a little bird told meidiom anecdotal bird bush telegraph dig for dirt dirt ear exposure gossip hearsay lip on everyone's lipsidiom peddle reportedly say-so scandal scaremongering snippety swirl your ears must be burningidiom |
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