character assassination

1. N-VAR A character assassination is a deliberate attempt to destroy someone's reputation, especially by criticizing them in an unfair and dishonest way when they are not present. 人身攻擊

A full-scale character assassination of the dead woman got underway in the tabloid press. 一場對這位已故婦女的全麪人身攻擊在小報(bào)媒躰上展開。