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单词 parkinson's law
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
Par•kin•son's law (or Law)/ˈpɑrkɪnsənz ˈlɔ/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]
  1. any of various statements about business and office management expressed in a joking way, as if they were laws of physics:An example of Parkinson's law is the statement that work expands to fill the time allotted for it.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
Parkinson's law, 
  1. the statement, expressed facetiously as if a law of physics, that work expands to fill the time allotted for its completion. Also, Parkinson's Law. 
  • after C. north, northern. Parkinson 1950–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Parkinson's law n
  1. the notion, expressed facetiously as a law of economics, that work expands to fill the time available for its completion
Etymology: 20th Century: named after C. N. Parkinson (1909–93), British historian and writer, who formulated it
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