单词 | canteen culture |
释义 | > as lemmascanteen culture canteen culture n. British colloquial (depreciative) a set of conservative and discriminatory attitudes alleged to exist within the lower ranks of the British police force, esp. as manifested in a resistance to new codes of practice (such as those introduced by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act of 1984), or by intolerance and abusiveness (including casual racism or sexism). ΚΠ 1987 Listener 1 Oct. 4/3 Their training has covered the thorny question of relationships inside the police station under the powerful influence of ‘canteen culture’. 1995 Guardian 10 Apr. ii. 40/4 Officially Britain's police are committed to eradicating racism in their ranks... But are their efforts being undermined by the ‘canteen culture’ of rank and file officers? 1998 R. Newman Manners 52 It's a denigrating act to ask a WPC out when you're on duty, canteen culture and all that. 2001 Independent 10 July ii. 2/3 They [sc. black police officers] have to overcome the natural suspicions of their own people, and the institutionalised racism of many forces' canteen culture. < as lemmas |
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