Parkinson’s law

noun

/ˈpɑːkɪnsnz lɔː/

/ˈpɑːrkɪnsnz lɔː/

[uncountable] (humorous)

the idea that work will always take as long as the time available for it帕金森定律（工作总是到时限最后一刻才会完成）
CulturePeople often mention Parkinson's law when joking about bureaucracy (= a system of official rules and ways of doing things which seem too complicated). The historian Cyril Northcote Parkinson (1909-1993) first wrote about the idea in his book about the British civil service, Parkinson's Law: The Pursuit of Progress (1957).
Word Origin1950s: named after Cyril Northcote Parkinson (1909–93), English writer.

单词	parkinson-s-law
释义	Parkinson’s law noun /ˈpɑːkɪnsnz lɔː/ /ˈpɑːrkɪnsnz lɔː/ [uncountable] (humorous) the idea that work will always take as long as the time available for it帕金森定律（工作总是到时限最后一刻才会完成） CulturePeople often mention Parkinson's law when joking about bureaucracy (= a system of official rules and ways of doing things which seem too complicated). The historian Cyril Northcote Parkinson (1909-1993) first wrote about the idea in his book about the British civil service, Parkinson's Law: The Pursuit of Progress (1957). Word Origin1950s: named after Cyril Northcote Parkinson (1909–93), English writer.
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