| 释义 |
kompromat
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈkɒm.prə.mæt/ us /ˈkɑːm.prə.mæt/
information or reports that could damage someone's reputation: 抹黑他人的材料，黑材料
All the time I thought that he and I were friends, he was gathering kompromat on me.我一直以为他和我是朋友，他却在收集我的黑材料。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Accounts and stories
anecdote
another
anti-narrative
backstory
be another storyidiom
bodice-ripper
cautionary tale
horror story
in medias res
legend
legendary
lore
misdescription
rundown
running commentaryphrase
scenario
semi-legendary
shaggy-dog story
strand
write something up
Examples of kompromat
kompromat
However, recent changes in technology may be countering those forces, as kompromat has gotten easier to collect and distribute.
From TIME
The book -- which contains a helpful chart of four main types of kompromat: political, economic, criminal and private -- traces the term's origins to 1930s secret-police jargon.
From TIME
Kompromat can also involve morally compromising information.
From Washington Post
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
|