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单词 jobsworth
释义

jobsworth

/ˈdʒɒbzwəːθ /
noun British informal
An official who upholds petty rules even at the expense of humanity or common sense: parks abound with jobsworths who delight in yelling that you can’t do that without special permission...
  • This bore was regaling anyone who cared to listen with the story of how an officious jobsworth had refused him admission to some function or other.
  • I fear this is just down to jobsworths and political correctness.
  • Grandmas were unable to visit grandchildren; lovers were separated by the jobsworths at the ‘Bloodcheck’ booths.

Origin

1970s: from ‘it's more than my job's worth (not) to’.

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