英语词汇“time-server”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

time-server

noun

1A person who makes very little effort at work because they are waiting to leave or retire: giving a man job security turns him into a time-server...

Prime ministers have been mostly puppets, elderly time-servers who give a higher priority to loyalty, secrecy and consensus than to principle, debate and leadership.
Though some sneered at him as a time-server and trimmer, it is extraordinary that a man could live in such turbulent times and win such widespread praise.
The school campaigners saw that this was dominated by a few senior hacks, time-servers who have earned their recently doubled expenses through loyal voting records.

2A person who changes their views to suit the prevailing circumstances or fashion: they were replaced with loyal time-servers...

Let me make a prediction: the only change that will happen is that the current third rate time-servers will, instead of being appointed, be able to claim a democratic mandate, based on a turn out in the low twenties.
On his rise through the administrative hierarchy he had acquired the reputation of a slippery time-server with naked ambitions.

Synonyms

equivocator, trimmer, Vicar of Bray;

hypocrite, Janus, double-dealer, snake in the grass;

sycophant, toady, crawler, fawner, truckler, groveller, kowtower, minion, hanger-on, leech, puppet, spaniel

informal bootlicker, yes-man

rare tergiversator

3 (time server) Computing A server that distributes synchronized time information to all members of a network.

Derivatives

time-serving

/ˈtʌɪmˌsəːvɪŋ

/ adjective ...

Hove's incandescent anger and contempt for the lies and platitudes of the time-serving politicians, opposition as well as government, burns off the page.
To say that the two communities lived in peace and amity would be a generalization, which time-serving politicians like very much.
A culture of low trust and high control produces low autonomy, risk-averse, time-serving behaviour.

Synonyms

equivocating, shifting, trimming, temporizing, shuffling;

hypocritical, two-faced, double-dealing, treacherous, perfidious;

sycophantic, servile, subservient, deferential, obsequious, grovelling, toadying

rare tergiversating

单词	time-server
释义	time-server noun 1A person who makes very little effort at work because they are waiting to leave or retire: giving a man job security turns him into a time-server... Prime ministers have been mostly puppets, elderly time-servers who give a higher priority to loyalty, secrecy and consensus than to principle, debate and leadership. Though some sneered at him as a time-server and trimmer, it is extraordinary that a man could live in such turbulent times and win such widespread praise. The school campaigners saw that this was dominated by a few senior hacks, time-servers who have earned their recently doubled expenses through loyal voting records. 2A person who changes their views to suit the prevailing circumstances or fashion: they were replaced with loyal time-servers... Let me make a prediction: the only change that will happen is that the current third rate time-servers will, instead of being appointed, be able to claim a democratic mandate, based on a turn out in the low twenties. On his rise through the administrative hierarchy he had acquired the reputation of a slippery time-server with naked ambitions. Synonyms equivocator, trimmer, Vicar of Bray; hypocrite, Janus, double-dealer, snake in the grass; sycophant, toady, crawler, fawner, truckler, groveller, kowtower, minion, hanger-on, leech, puppet, spaniel informal bootlicker, yes-man rare tergiversator 3 (time server) Computing A server that distributes synchronized time information to all members of a network. Derivatives time-serving /ˈtʌɪmˌsəːvɪŋ / adjective ... Hove's incandescent anger and contempt for the lies and platitudes of the time-serving politicians, opposition as well as government, burns off the page. To say that the two communities lived in peace and amity would be a generalization, which time-serving politicians like very much. A culture of low trust and high control produces low autonomy, risk-averse, time-serving behaviour. Synonyms equivocating, shifting, trimming, temporizing, shuffling; hypocritical, two-faced, double-dealing, treacherous, perfidious; sycophantic, servile, subservient, deferential, obsequious, grovelling, toadying rare tergiversating
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