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单词 Buggins’ turn
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Buggins’ turn

noun
/ˈbʌɡɪnz tɜːn/, /ˈbʌɡɪnzɪz tɜːn/
/ˈbʌɡɪnz tɜːrn/, /ˈbʌɡɪnzɪz tɜːrn/
[uncountable] (British English, informal)
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  1. used to refer to the way in which it sometimes seems that people get jobs or are promoted not because they are good at what they do, but because they have been doing it for longer than anybody else
    Word Originearly 20th cent.: from Buggins, used to represent a typical surname.
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