This is also sometimes called " mud slinging" .

这有时也被称为“泥浆吊索”。

" Mud slinging, " then, means throwing dirt or saying something negative about another candidate to make him or her look bad.

“泥浆吊索”意味着扔泥土或对另一个候选人说一些负面的话， 让他或她看起来很糟糕。

These terms, then, are ones you may see in the newspaper when talking about the election: mud slinging, smear campaigns, push polls, and attack ads.

那么，这些术语就是您在谈论选举时可能会在报纸上看到的术语：抹黑、诽谤运动、推动民意调查和攻击广告。