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

government stroke n. Australian derogatory a deliberately slow or easy pace of work, depicted as characteristic of public sector workers.Originally used of convict labourers.

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1842 Geelong Advertiser 7 Mar. 2/3 The ‘Government Stroke’ is soon learned; and the proficiency of the new hands seems to exceed that of the oldest gang.

1856 W. W. Dobie Recoll. Visit Port-Phillip iii. 47 Government labourers..were breaking stones with what is called ‘the government stroke’, which is a slow-going, anti-sweating kind of motion.

1943 E. Mercier Giggles 13 There appear to be two occasions when the Government stroke is not noticeable in a Government department—when it is hounding a private citizen for money, and when it is trying to pass a liability on to another department.

1996 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 17 Aug. 21 Nobody loves public servants in the community generally, and the good ones have to carry the can for the all-too-many adherents of the ‘government stroke’ approach to work.

单词	government stroke
释义	> as lemmas government stroke government stroke n. Australian derogatory a deliberately slow or easy pace of work, depicted as characteristic of public sector workers.Originally used of convict labourers. ΚΠ 1842 Geelong Advertiser 7 Mar. 2/3 The ‘Government Stroke’ is soon learned; and the proficiency of the new hands seems to exceed that of the oldest gang. 1856 W. W. Dobie Recoll. Visit Port-Phillip iii. 47 Government labourers..were breaking stones with what is called ‘the government stroke’, which is a slow-going, anti-sweating kind of motion. 1943 E. Mercier Giggles 13 There appear to be two occasions when the Government stroke is not noticeable in a Government department—when it is hounding a private citizen for money, and when it is trying to pass a liability on to another department. 1996 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 17 Aug. 21 Nobody loves public servants in the community generally, and the good ones have to carry the can for the all-too-many adherents of the ‘government stroke’ approach to work. extracted from governmentn. < as lemmas
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