N-COUNT 借机抨击;借题发挥的批评;顺带的贬损 If you take a sideswipe at someone, you make an unexpected critical remark about them while you are talking about something else. 借机抨击;借题发挥的批评;顺带的贬损
Despite the increasingly hostile sideswipes at him, the Chancellor is secure in his post. [+ at]