单词 | buck-passing |
释义 | buck-passingn. 推诿责任【法】 推卸责任 buck-passing buck-pass.ing AHD: [b¾k“p²s”¹ng] D.J. [6bJk7p#s!0]K.K. [6bJk7p#s!0]n.Informal (名词)【非正式用语】 The shifting of responsibility or blame to another:推卸责任:将责任或惩罚转移到别人身上:“smothered in avalanches of recriminations and orgies of buck-passing”(&b{Forbes})“被数不清的责难和[他人]推卸的责任压得喘不过气来”(福布斯)语源:buck 4 [from a poker player's passing the marker, or buck, to the next player when not wanting to deal] buck4 [将筹码或庄从一个玩牌者手中转到另一个不想发牌的人手中] 继承用法:buck“-pass”er n.(名词) |
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