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.

单词	buck-passing
释义	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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