| 单词 | boffin |
| 释义 | boffin noun[C] mainlyUKinformaluk/ˈbɒf.ɪn/us/ˈbɑː.fɪn/ascientistwho isconsideredtoknowa lot aboutscienceand not to beinterestedin other things: （极为专注，只对科学感兴趣的）科学家；研究员atechnical/computerboffin极为专注的技术／计算机专家 Experts and specialists
Examplesofboffinboffin Surely that is often much more effective than the advice of boffins sitting in chairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In the past, theboffinin the lab has been a little too remote from the salesman. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I know it is a very difficult problem to get the "boffins" interested in this subject. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The interesting fact about its composition is that it includes not only "boffins" but consumers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand that it consists of 10 academics and 15 civil servants—a mixture of boffins and bureaucrats. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Lean-burn engines are more than just the pious hope of boffins in laboratories far removed from production reality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Putting two boffins, two scientific people into the board room and perhaps adding further knowledge there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The scientists have their figures right, but many boffins behind desks have their figures wrong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 People who won prizes in mathematics and abstruse subjects of that kind, deservedly, possibly, were considered to be the boffins of the class. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Similar boffins before the last war convinced everyone who would listen to them that the last war would be fought under circumstances dictated by gas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That was the approach of the legal boffins. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is bad, too, for scientists not to study an arts subject, because they end up being treated just as back-room boffins. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a matter for the plumbers or the boffins. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The "boffins" were put to work and speedily devised methods which eliminated wastage in the training of pilots. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, we can persuade boffins to go to out-of-the-way and not easily accessible places. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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. |
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