jack-in-office

English

jack-in-office (plural jacks-in-office)

(derogatory) A self-important but minor official.
- 1967, C. P. Snow, foreword to A Mathematician's Apology, G. H. Hardy, 1948.
  Chapel at Trinity was compulsory. Hardy told the Dean, [...], that he could not conscientiously attend. The Dean, who must have been a jack-in-office, insisted that Hardy should write to his parents and tell them so.

单词	jack-in-office
释义	jack-in-office English Alternative forms jack in office Noun jack-in-office (plural jacks-in-office) (derogatory) A self-important but minor official. 1967, C. P. Snow, foreword to A Mathematician's Apology, G. H. Hardy, 1948. Chapel at Trinity was compulsory. Hardy told the Dean, [...], that he could not conscientiously attend. The Dean, who must have been a jack-in-office, insisted that Hardy should write to his parents and tell them so. Synonyms jack guardant (archaic), petty functionary Hypernyms bureaucrat, official, see also: Thesaurus:bureaucrat
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