Parkinson’s law

noun

/ˈpɑːkɪnsnz lɔː/

/ˈpɑːrkɪnsnz lɔː/

[uncountable] (humorous)

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the idea that work will always take as long as the time available for it
CulturePeople often mention Parkinson's law when joking about bureaucracy (= a system of official rules and ways of doing things which seem too complicated). The historian Cyril Northcote Parkinson (1909-1993) first wrote about the idea in his book about the British civil service, Parkinson's Law: The Pursuit of Progress (1957).
Word Origin1950s: named after Cyril Northcote Parkinson (1909–93), English writer.

单词	Parkinson’s law
释义	Parkinson’s law noun /ˈpɑːkɪnsnz lɔː/ /ˈpɑːrkɪnsnz lɔː/ [uncountable] (humorous) jump to other results the idea that work will always take as long as the time available for it CulturePeople often mention Parkinson's law when joking about bureaucracy (= a system of official rules and ways of doing things which seem too complicated). The historian Cyril Northcote Parkinson (1909-1993) first wrote about the idea in his book about the British civil service, Parkinson's Law: The Pursuit of Progress (1957). Word Origin1950s: named after Cyril Northcote Parkinson (1909–93), English writer.
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