| 词汇 | hired-gun |
| 释义 | hired gunphrasemainly USinformal a person who is paid to shoot and kill someone: 受雇杀人的枪手 The hired gun turned out to be a police informant. He was reluctant to talk about his work as a hired gun. She attempted to have her former boss killed by a hired gun. He insisted that the fighters weren't merely hired guns. There were no international laws governing the use of hired guns on the battlefield. See also gunnoun(FOR SHOOTING) hired gun | Business Englishhired gun noun[ C ] USinformalukus an expert who is brought into a company or an organization to deal with a particular problem or situation: Board members installed in the midst of takeover fights are hired guns with a clear agenda. a person who is paid to do a particular job, especially something that others may consider to be morally wrong: They accused the other party of using hired guns to turn in fraudulent registrations that they plan to make sure are thrown out before the balloting starts. |
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