Yeah. It's the kind of, like, mudslinging campaign that politicians have been doing for a long time now, right?
是的。这就像是政客们长期以来一直在做的一种揭秘活动,对吧?
2006 English Cafe
Often, what they say is false or not true;this would be mudslinging.
通常,他们说的是假的或不真实的;这就是诽谤。
2006 English Cafe
Mudslinging is a word that comes from two different words: mud, which is dirt that is wet, and the word sling, " sling, " which as a verb can mean to throw, usually to throw at someone.
Negative campaigning can be found in most marketplaces where ideas are contested. In U.S. politics, "mudslinging" has been called "as American as Mississippi mud" and "as American as apple pie". Some research suggests negative campaigning is the norm in all political venues, mitigated only by the dynamics of a particular contest.