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单词 micromanage
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Definition of micromanage in English:

micromanage

verb ˈmʌɪkrəʊmanɪdʒˈmaɪkroʊmænɪdʒ
[with object]
  • Control every part, however small, of (an enterprise or activity)

    〈北美〉微观管理(企业或活动)

    he did not want to give the impression that he was micromanaging the war
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's Johnson who's directly overseeing the staff massacres as well as micromanaging some of the dumber editorial moves.
    • I just don't think personally that Capitol Hill can daily micromanage a war in a situation like this.
    • I think it would have been much harder if I was under a microscope and had somebody looking over my shoulder and bugging me and micromanaging me.
    • But to think with the Church is, indeed, to think and not merely to look to the teaching office to micromanage every prudential decision.
    • However, while the Centre is moving towards liberalising and loosening controls on industry, it appears to be moving in the opposite direction and tightening controls and micromanaging education.
    • If you have a proper growing site that has good drainage, access to full sunlight and nutrient-poor soil, you can micromanage their development and pick them at the moment of perfection.
    • Do we really want the tabs micromanaging departmental decisions?
    • This forced the designers to behave like Soviet central planners, micromanaging every aspect of the marketplace with arcane algorithms of supply and demand.
    • The most bitter objection that has been leveled at U.S. civilian leaders for the air war against North Vietnam was that they micromanaged the campaign by picking bombing targets themselves.
    • But the onset of the Fall marks the beginning of the next U.S. presidential election season, which according to conventional wisdom is not a great time to be micromanaging a painfully tough and complex peace process.
    • He would be a fool to micromanage a military campaign - a seemingly obvious fact.
    • This crony-capitalist chickenhawk ‘war’ is being micromanaged by people whose first goal is enriching their military contractor friends, and whose secondary goal is winning.
    • A company can manage a service contract, for example, from the issuing of a work order through to completion and the system can micromanage the process.
    • I'm not going to sit around some map room and micromanage the war.
    • As many faculty senators saw it, that action was just another example of the board's tendency to micromanage the curriculum.
    • We have micromanaged the great people out of our government.
    • Admittedly it is difficult to draw comfort from so glib and overriding a statement, but a willingness to compromise your vision and not micromanage the project will see you through.
    • He's micromanaged the enterprise into absolute submission - paralyzing it.
    • Most second-home clients have demanding careers that leave little time to micromanage their project, but that's not always the case.
    • Meanwhile, I'm out there micromanaging every detail of my life.

Derivatives

  • micromanagement

  • noun ˈmʌɪkrəʊmanɪdʒm(ə)ntˌmaɪkroʊˈmænɪdʒmənt
    • Of course, many schools do manage to transform themselves, but key factors in their success - autonomy, innovative leadership, discipline - are undermined by centralisation and micromanagement.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The terms of the debate centre on celebrating personal behaviour, community tidiness, local accessibility, micromanagement, voluntarism, neighbourhood activism, and so on.
      • It will inevitably need support and guidance from council (read financial backing and political will) to do so, but it shouldn't be overwhelmed with micromanagement.
      • Conservatives want less red tape and micromanagement from Whitehall pen pushers, so we can put more police officers back on patrol in the Vale of York.
      • Mahony and, sure as shooting, my conservative Catholic readers start pining for crackdowns, big sticks, and papal micromanagement of the American Church.
  • micromanager

  • noun
    • Technology, as useful as it is, has helped to create slaves to perfection and intense micromanagers.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • When the Court sets itself up as a micromanager of policy decisions and provides no clear guidance as to what passes ‘constitutional’ muster and what doesn't, the stakes in any confirmation get higher.
      • When you find yourself working for a micromanager, you need to start a positive communication campaign.
      • Jennifer did tell me she's a micromanager, but she let's the family pitch in and help, too.
      • He's known as a micromanager, who often acts outside and against the advice of his staff.

Definition of micromanage in US English:

micromanage

verbˈmaɪkroʊmænɪdʒˈmīkrōmanij
[with object]
  • Control every part, however small, of (an enterprise or activity)

    〈北美〉微观管理(企业或活动)

    he did not want to give the impression that he was micromanaging the war
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Meanwhile, I'm out there micromanaging every detail of my life.
    • It's Johnson who's directly overseeing the staff massacres as well as micromanaging some of the dumber editorial moves.
    • Admittedly it is difficult to draw comfort from so glib and overriding a statement, but a willingness to compromise your vision and not micromanage the project will see you through.
    • This forced the designers to behave like Soviet central planners, micromanaging every aspect of the marketplace with arcane algorithms of supply and demand.
    • However, while the Centre is moving towards liberalising and loosening controls on industry, it appears to be moving in the opposite direction and tightening controls and micromanaging education.
    • He's micromanaged the enterprise into absolute submission - paralyzing it.
    • As many faculty senators saw it, that action was just another example of the board's tendency to micromanage the curriculum.
    • I just don't think personally that Capitol Hill can daily micromanage a war in a situation like this.
    • We have micromanaged the great people out of our government.
    • I think it would have been much harder if I was under a microscope and had somebody looking over my shoulder and bugging me and micromanaging me.
    • A company can manage a service contract, for example, from the issuing of a work order through to completion and the system can micromanage the process.
    • If you have a proper growing site that has good drainage, access to full sunlight and nutrient-poor soil, you can micromanage their development and pick them at the moment of perfection.
    • The most bitter objection that has been leveled at U.S. civilian leaders for the air war against North Vietnam was that they micromanaged the campaign by picking bombing targets themselves.
    • Most second-home clients have demanding careers that leave little time to micromanage their project, but that's not always the case.
    • Do we really want the tabs micromanaging departmental decisions?
    • But the onset of the Fall marks the beginning of the next U.S. presidential election season, which according to conventional wisdom is not a great time to be micromanaging a painfully tough and complex peace process.
    • This crony-capitalist chickenhawk ‘war’ is being micromanaged by people whose first goal is enriching their military contractor friends, and whose secondary goal is winning.
    • He would be a fool to micromanage a military campaign - a seemingly obvious fact.
    • I'm not going to sit around some map room and micromanage the war.
    • But to think with the Church is, indeed, to think and not merely to look to the teaching office to micromanage every prudential decision.
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