| 词汇 | muckraker |
| 词源 | muckraker. Teddy Roosevelt used the expression man with the muckrake, taken from Pilgrims Progress, as a derogatory term for those who indiscriminately and irresponsibly charged others with corruption. Lincoln Steffens and other reformers, however, gladly wore the epithet muckraker as a badge of honor. |
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