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

awkward squad

noun British

A set of people within an organization or team who tend to behave in an obstructive way or express opposition or dissent: he revels just a little too much in his membership of the awkward squad...

Too many hostile journalists have already consigned him to the ranks of the awkward squad.
The Government whips of the day knew I would never be a member of the awkward squad.
His parents were the village awkward squad, anti-socialists in a community of socialists, who built fences to separate them from other, more gregarious pioneers.

Origin

Late 18th century: apparently with reference to military recruits.

单词	awkward squad
释义	awkward squad noun British A set of people within an organization or team who tend to behave in an obstructive way or express opposition or dissent: he revels just a little too much in his membership of the awkward squad... Too many hostile journalists have already consigned him to the ranks of the awkward squad. The Government whips of the day knew I would never be a member of the awkward squad. His parents were the village awkward squad, anti-socialists in a community of socialists, who built fences to separate them from other, more gregarious pioneers. Origin Late 18th century: apparently with reference to military recruits.
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