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词汇 pencil pusher
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Definition of pencil pusher in English:

pencil pusher

noun
North American informal
  • no way he was going to let those pencil pushers from accounting pity him
    another term for pen-pusher
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I think that the friendly girl that I met there in November was fired on-the-spot after my column and instantly replaced by a bunch of arrogant, incompetent pencil-pushers.
    • The post-disaster setting seemed the sublimated fantasy of a disgruntled pencil-pusher.
    • She's just some housewife making dinner for her pencil-pusher husband and screaming little kids.
    • Henry is an overweight man with dark hair and a thick mustache who always wears slacks and a dress shirt, as if to remind us that he does absolutely no physical labor around the garage - a true pencil-pusher.
    • The friendly pencil-pusher informed me that the State of New Jersey had screwed up.

Definition of pencil pusher in US English:

pencil pusher

nounˈpensəl ˈpo͝oSHər
North American informal
  • A person with a clerical job involving a lot of tedious and repetitive paperwork.

    no way he was going to let those pencil pushers from accounting pity him
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She's just some housewife making dinner for her pencil-pusher husband and screaming little kids.
    • Henry is an overweight man with dark hair and a thick mustache who always wears slacks and a dress shirt, as if to remind us that he does absolutely no physical labor around the garage - a true pencil-pusher.
    • I think that the friendly girl that I met there in November was fired on-the-spot after my column and instantly replaced by a bunch of arrogant, incompetent pencil-pushers.
    • The post-disaster setting seemed the sublimated fantasy of a disgruntled pencil-pusher.
    • The friendly pencil-pusher informed me that the State of New Jersey had screwed up.
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