单词 | to game the system |
释义 | > as lemmasto game the system d. transitive. Originally U.S. To manipulate (a situation) to one's own advantage, esp. in a way that is fraudulent or underhand; to rig, fix. Frequently in to game the system. ΚΠ 1967 J. E. Hass Transfer Pricing in Decentralized Firm v. 32 There exists a definite opportunity for ‘gaming’ the system, for divisional decision-makers to deliberately misspecify their output vectors. 1970 Arizona Republic 3 July 13/3 Men favored with intelligence and money and able to attend college are enabled to ‘game’ the [selective service] system. 1989 B. H. Gray & M. J. Field Controlling Costs & Changing Patient Care? iv. 114 The days requested may be overstated by providers who are trying to game the program. 1994 Network World 22 Aug. 41/1 Teleport Communications Group's (TCG) experience..offers..a warning on the possible consequences for local telephone companies that attempt to ‘game the process’. 2001 Wall St. Jrnl. 17 Sept. r10/1 Democratic politicians blame electricity generators for gaming the market. 2012 Guardian (Nexis) 5 Sept. (G2 section) 9 Any system can be gamed if someone knows the right tricks to play. < as lemmas |
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