potshot

• n. 乱射；肆意抨击
• v. 肆意抨击；射击（potshoot的过去分词）

pot,罐子，shot,射。比喻用法，只要射中猎物有肉吃就行，而不考虑射击的风度和技巧。

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."

1. Somebody took a potshot at him as he drove past.

他开车通过的时候，有人向他乱开了一枪。

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2. I took a potshot at the rabbit, but missed.

我向兔子胡乱打了一枪, 但是没有射中.

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3. Two influential economists take a potshot at financial policymakers. Why don't their criticisms add up?

两位有名经济学家狠恶报复金融政策拟定者. 而他们的批驳为何不恻隐理?

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