jobsworth

noun
🔊/ˈdʒɒbzwɜːθ/
🔊/ˈdʒɑːbzwɜːrθ/
(British English, informal, disapproving)
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  1. a person who follows the rules of a job exactly, even when this causes problems for other people, or when the rules are not sensible刻板的监工;工作特别机械的人
    • Avoid Mr Jobsworth! The sort of man who says when you need a door opened to save a long walk ‘It’s more than my job’s worth, mate’.避免乔布斯沃思先生!那种人说,当您需要开门以节省长途跋涉时,“这比我的工作值得多,伴侣”。
    Word Origin1970s: from “it's more than my job's worth (not) to”.