pile-on
noun [ C ] uk/ˈpaɪlˌɒn/ us/ˈpaɪlˌɑːn/
(对某人)群起攻之,发出猛烈的抨击
an argument or attack by a large group of people against one person or a much smaller group
After his temper tantrum, a pile-on by commentators immediately ensued. 他发完脾气之后,马上就被各种评论人士群起而攻之。
The actor began a pile-on over some random tweet. 这名演员随机挑了一些推特大肆抨击。
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- It's disheartening to read of the inevitable pile-on that follows after somebody hits it big.
- She joined the pile-on, with a patronizing put down of the candidate as an ambitious dumb middle-class mom.
- Social media call-outs can quickly become a pile-on.