单词 | pencil pusher |
释义 | pencil pusherWord forms: plural pencil pushers countable noun If you call someone a pencil pusher, you mean that their work consists of writing or dealing with documents, and does not seem very useful or important. [US, disapproval] ...the pencil pushers who decide the course of people's lives. regional note: in BRIT, use pen-pusherpencil pusher in British English (ˈpɛnsəl ˈpʊʃə) noun US informal a person who writes a lot, esp a clerk involved with boring paperwork the pencil pushers who decide the course of people's lives pencil pusher in American English US Informal a person, as an office clerk, whose job entails writing, keeping records, etc. |
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