bean counter
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT You can describe people such as accountants and business managers as bean counters if you disapprove of them because you think they are only interested in money. (對金錢)善于算計的人[表不滿]
...bean counters who tend to focus on controlling expenses. ...傾心控制支出的精明人。
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bean counter (also bean-counter) (bean counters)
劍橋詞典
- an accountant (= someone who takes care of a company's financial affairs ), especially one who works for a large company and does not like to allow employees to spend money
（尤指大公司的）會計師
It looked like the project was going to be approved , but the bean counters said it wasn't cost-effective . 眼看這個項目就要獲批準(zhǔn)了，但會計師們認(rèn)為它不劃算。 返回 bean counter