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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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