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fishing expeditionn.（名词）- An open-ended inquiry or investigation, often undertaken on the pretext of a minor or unrelated matter, whose real purpose is to uncover embarrassing or damaging information, as about a political opponent:非法调查：为开放式质询或调查，通常以次要或无关的事情为借口而进行，其真正目的在于挖掘令人尴尬而损人的信息，如有关一政治对手的：“[enabled] prosecutors to expand what started out as an investigation of [a] land deal into a fishing expedition for intimate details of his daily—and nightly—life" (Margaret Carlson)“[令] 检察官将正在进行的 [一桩] 土地交易调查扩展为对他日常生活中个人细节的非法调查” (玛格丽特·卡尔森)
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