| 释义 |
awkward squadnoun BritishA 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. |