单词 | conferencemanship |
释义 | conferencemanshipn. Expertise in appearing to advantage at conferences or committee meetings, or in using conferences to achieve desired ends. ΚΠ 1954 Times 7 Apr. 9/4 One has only to watch the committee assembling to see how widely, as between one member and another, the standards of conferencemanship vary…Nature never intended Stripe to be on a committee, or Pin to be off one. 1962 Economist 28 July 338/2 Connoisseurs of conferencemanship will be happy to find resolutions calling for the abolition of indirect taxation, [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1954 |
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