| 单词 | parkinson's law |
| 释义 | Parkinson's lawor Parkinson's Lawnounthe statement, expressed facetiously as if a law of physics, that work expands to fill the time allotted for its completion. Origin of Parkinson's lawFirst recorded in 1950–55; after C. N. Parkinson Words nearby Parkinson's lawParkinson, parkinsonian, parkinsonism, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's facies, Parkinson's law, Parkinson's syndrome, park keeper, parkland, Parkman, parkour Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Parkinson's lawParkinson's law nounthe notion, expressed facetiously as a law of economics, that work expands to fill the time available for its completion Word Origin for Parkinson's lawC20: named after C. N. Parkinson (1909–93), British historian and writer, who formulated it Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for Parkinson's lawParkinson's Law A law propounded by the twentieth-century British scholar C. Northcote Parkinson. It states, “Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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