网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 bean counter
释义
bean counter
noun[C]
mainlyUSinformaldisapproving
uk
/ˈbiːn ˌkaʊn.tər/us
/ˈbiːn ˌkaʊn.t̬ɚ/
anaccountant(= someone whotakescareof a company'sfinancialaffairs),especiallyone whoworksfor alargecompanyand does not like toallowemployeestospendmoney:
（尤指大公司的）会计师
Itlookedlike theprojectwas going to beapproved, but thebeancounterssaid it wasn'tcost-effective.眼看这个项目就要获批准了，但会计师们认为它不划算。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Accounting
  • accountancy
  • accountant
  • accounting
  • accounts
  • annualized
  • arrears
  • auditor
  • balance
  • balance sheet
  • bill
  • budget
  • capital
  • double entry bookkeeping
  • false accounting
  • forensic accountant
  • forensic accounting
  • fraudulent accounting
  • loss
  • unaudited
  • writesomethingdown
See more results »
(Definition ofbean counterfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

bean counter| Business English

bean counter
noun[C]
informaldisapproving
uk
us
apersonwho makesfinancialdecisionsfor acompanyorgovernment,especiallysomeone whowantstoseverelylimittheamountofmoneyspent:
The Treasury'sroleis toactas Britain'sbeancounterinchief.
(Definition ofbean counterfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbean counter

bean counter
It is not a matter for the abacus of thebeancounteror the computer of the realtime logistician.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We did not have any "bean counters" on the board; they were confined to keeping the figures.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They are not bean counters who will crawl all over it and subject it to all sorts of difficulties and time-wasting processes.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Bureaucratic procedures precisely followed are costing animals' lives and families' livelihoods, and, what matters to "bean counters", the loss and expenditure of public money.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The bean counters are within the walls and the talk is always of the pressure.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We do nt answer to corporate boards, bean counters, banks, or other masterswe make our own decisions.
From
Wikipedia
Creatives commons iconThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
That said you can't help feel the franchise bean counters at work here thanks to all the ominous foreshadowing and unresolved character arcs.
From
Wikipedia
Creatives commons iconThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The bean counters don't like that.
From
Wikipedia
Creatives commons iconThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/bean-counter##
随便看

　

英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。

　

Copyright © 1999-2024 qbania.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2024/12/27 23:51:02