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单词 buck-passing
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Definition of buck-passing in English:

buck-passing

noun
mass nouninformal
  • The practice of shifting the responsibility for something to someone else.

    推卸责任

    I have seen a lot of buck-passing in the government in my day
    as modifier buck-passing comments
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He is quite right that consultation, spin talk and buck-passing are the preferred options to making an actual decision.
    • In a parody of bureaucratic buck-passing, his supervisor responded: ‘We did everything by the book.’
    • This dismay at such a moribund, buck-passing mentality is reflected in the working title of Little Dorrit: ‘Nobody's Fault’.
    • The buck-passing and evasion of responsibility must stop.
    • Petty buck-passing and blame shifting have for too long characterised Australia's antiquated system of federal-state relations.
    • In his paper, John Brogden says duplication, divided responsibility, buck-passing and blame-shifting are rife.
    • Somewhere on the list of causes - not at the top, but not at the bottom - will be the buck-passing technique of creating a school program.
    • When are we going to tackle the epidemic of buck-passing and bad behaviour by grown-ups, and stop looking for syndromes and scapegoats to blame where our children are concerned?
    • The supposed alternative, a totally open, ‘transparent’ system of government in which every stage of discussion is conducted in the open, would be a recipe for political paralysis and buck-passing.
    • More than a decade of chronic flooding has led residents to protest at what they see as shoddy workmanship and buck-passing.
    • Just as vague and abstract language makes for bad prose, it is also the handmaiden of bad policy and the abettor of buck-passing.
    • The experts say that as we cannot predict interest rate movements, we cannot forecast annuity rates, which seems to me a pretty pathetic excuse for shirking their responsibilities and buck-passing.
    • Her biggest concern, when it came to sports associations, was the constant buck-passing and finger pointing that goes on.
    • To me, that is just a buck-passing system whereby we neglect the real problem, which is: what went wrong in that home, at that time?
    • The sackings follow the release of an independent review into the affair, which has uncovered a culture of arrogance and buck-passing at the nation's biggest bank.
    • It's a story about government and industry mismanagement and buck-passing, in the lead-up to Australia's worst chemical fire early this year.
    • According to the writer, the reason for lack of attention would seem to be a measure of buck-passing between the Borough Council and the County Council.
    • A service in which there is leadership and management, not bureaucracy, blame and buck-passing.
    • This buck-passing, despite some valid observations, misses the common point that the momentum of market regulation is fundamentally irreversible.
    • In relation to flooding and also coastal risk there does need to be one agency with a strategic overview so we do not get this buck-passing and we have decided to give this responsibility to the Environment Agency.

Definition of buck-passing in US English:

buck-passing

nounˈbəkˌpasiNGˈbəkˌpæsɪŋ
informal
  • The practice of shifting the responsibility for something to someone else.

    推卸责任

    I have seen a lot of buck-passing in the government in my day
    as modifier buck-passing comments
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To me, that is just a buck-passing system whereby we neglect the real problem, which is: what went wrong in that home, at that time?
    • In his paper, John Brogden says duplication, divided responsibility, buck-passing and blame-shifting are rife.
    • More than a decade of chronic flooding has led residents to protest at what they see as shoddy workmanship and buck-passing.
    • When are we going to tackle the epidemic of buck-passing and bad behaviour by grown-ups, and stop looking for syndromes and scapegoats to blame where our children are concerned?
    • Petty buck-passing and blame shifting have for too long characterised Australia's antiquated system of federal-state relations.
    • He is quite right that consultation, spin talk and buck-passing are the preferred options to making an actual decision.
    • This dismay at such a moribund, buck-passing mentality is reflected in the working title of Little Dorrit: ‘Nobody's Fault’.
    • This buck-passing, despite some valid observations, misses the common point that the momentum of market regulation is fundamentally irreversible.
    • A service in which there is leadership and management, not bureaucracy, blame and buck-passing.
    • The sackings follow the release of an independent review into the affair, which has uncovered a culture of arrogance and buck-passing at the nation's biggest bank.
    • Somewhere on the list of causes - not at the top, but not at the bottom - will be the buck-passing technique of creating a school program.
    • The supposed alternative, a totally open, ‘transparent’ system of government in which every stage of discussion is conducted in the open, would be a recipe for political paralysis and buck-passing.
    • According to the writer, the reason for lack of attention would seem to be a measure of buck-passing between the Borough Council and the County Council.
    • Her biggest concern, when it came to sports associations, was the constant buck-passing and finger pointing that goes on.
    • It's a story about government and industry mismanagement and buck-passing, in the lead-up to Australia's worst chemical fire early this year.
    • In relation to flooding and also coastal risk there does need to be one agency with a strategic overview so we do not get this buck-passing and we have decided to give this responsibility to the Environment Agency.
    • Just as vague and abstract language makes for bad prose, it is also the handmaiden of bad policy and the abettor of buck-passing.
    • In a parody of bureaucratic buck-passing, his supervisor responded: ‘We did everything by the book.’
    • The experts say that as we cannot predict interest rate movements, we cannot forecast annuity rates, which seems to me a pretty pathetic excuse for shirking their responsibilities and buck-passing.
    • The buck-passing and evasion of responsibility must stop.
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