hired gun

基本解释

He believes it is important to boardroom effectiveness to be clear about who's the "hired gun", who runs the meeting, and who is holding the CEO accountable (for his or her actions).
他认为，明确谁是“受雇的职业杀手”，谁负责主持会议，又由谁来掌控CEO（的行为），这对于董事会的效力至关重要。
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The day he was shot, Duggan hired a people carrier from a taxi firm. Officers from the Met's Operation Trident, which investigates gun crime within the African-Caribbean community, followed it.
当天，达根从出租车公司叫了一辆小车，“三叉戟”行动（调查加勒比黑人的持枪犯罪）的警员对他实施跟踪。
Yet teachers now face a climate in which parents ghostwrite students' homework, airbrush their lab reports — then lobby like a K Street hired gun for their child to be assigned to certain classes.
而然老师们现在面对的是这样一种气候环境：家长们给学生代写作业，粉饰实验报告，然后像白宫前街上那些专业杀手一样为了孩子能分到某些班级而进行游说活动。

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