hack

1. V-T/V-I If you hack something or hack at it, you cut it with strong, rough strokes using a sharp tool such as an axe or a knife. 劈; 砍

An armed gang barged onto the train and began hacking and shooting anyone in sight. 一伙武裝匪徒沖上火車，開始見人就刀砍槍擊。

Matthew desperately hacked through the leather. 馬修絕望地刺穿了那塊皮革。

2. V-I If someone hacks into a computer system, they break into the system, especially in order to get secret information. 侵入 (計算機系統(tǒng))

The saboteurs had demanded money in return for revealing how they hacked into the systems. 這些破壞分子要求以錢作交換，才會透露他們是如何侵入該系統(tǒng)的。

3. hackingN-UNCOUNT (計算機系統(tǒng)的) 侵入

...the common and often illegal art of computer hacking. …那種常見且常為非法的電腦入侵行徑。

4. V-I to ride (a horse) cross-country for pleasure 騎(馬)越野[英國英語]

5. V-I to place (fodder) in a hack 在飼草架上放(飼草)

6. N-COUNT If you refer to a politician as a hack, you disapprove of them because they are too loyal to their party and perhaps do not deserve the position they have. 唯命是從的政客[表不滿]

Far too many party hacks from the old days still hold influential jobs. 太多的老一輩黨仆仍然占據(jù)著有影響力的職位。

7. N-COUNT If you refer to a professional writer, such as a journalist, as a hack, you disapprove of them because they write for money without worrying very much about the quality of their writing. (粗制濫造的)職業(yè)寫手[表不滿]

...tabloid hacks, always eager to find victims in order to sell newspapers. …小報寫手，總是為了賣掉報紙而急于找到犧牲品。

8. N-COUNT A hack is the same as a . 同taxi[美國英語]

I will pay for a hack. There is no need for you to return home on foot. 我會花錢打輛出租車。你沒有必要步行回家。

9. N-COUNT a horse kept for riding or (more rarely) for driving 乘騎馬

10. N-COUNT a rack used for fodder for livestock 飼料架

11. ADJ banal, mediocre, or unoriginal 陳腐的; 平庸的; 無新意的

hack writing

12. PHRASE If you say that someone can't hack it or couldn't hack it, you mean that they do not or did not have the qualities needed to do a task or cope with a situation. 應付不了它[非正式]

You have to be strong and confident, and never give the slightest impression that you can't hack it. 你必須堅強和自信，決不要給人留下絲毫應付不了此事的印象。