1. The defense attorneys brought in a hired gun to help question the key witness. 被告雇了一名专家来帮助询问关键目击者。
2. Being a career GSK man, he says, means he knows the firm intimately, and gives him an emotional bond that no "hired gun" could have. 作为一个几乎整个职业生涯都在史克度过的人，他说这意味着他对公司非常的了解，这种与公司精神上的紧密结合是那些外来的职业经理人所不具备的。
3. He believes it is important to boardroom effectiveness to be clear about who's the "hired gun", who runs the meeting, and who is holding the CEO accountable (for his or her actions). 他认为，明确谁是“受雇的职业杀手”，谁负责主持会议，又由谁来掌控CEO（的行为），这对于董事会的效力至关重要。
4. The day he was shot, Duggan hired a people carrier from a taxi firm. Officers from the Met's Operation Trident, which investigates gun crime within the African-Caribbean community, followed it. 当天，达根从出租车公司叫了一辆小车，“三叉戟”行动(调查加勒比黑人的持枪犯罪)的警员对他实施跟踪。
