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Martinet

Martinet 专指那些对纪律、规则或细节要求极其严格,甚至到了吹毛求疵程度的人。它通常带有贬义,暗示此人过于死板。

  1. “Our new manager is a real martinet who insists on every report being formatted perfectly.” (我们的新经理是个真正的纪律严明的人,坚持要求每份报告的格式都要完美无缺。)
  2. “The school’s principal was a martinet, and the students were terrified of him.” (学校校长是个严厉的人,学生们都很怕他。)
  3. “He’s such a martinet that he times his employees’ lunch breaks with a stopwatch.” (他真是个死板的家伙,竟然用秒表给员工的午休计时。)
  • 该词源自 17 世纪法国将军 Jean Martinet 的名字。他是路易十四时期的总督,以对士兵进行极其严格和残酷的训练而闻名。

无明显前缀或后缀(其本身是人名演变的专有名词)。

这是一个典型的“以人命名的词”(eponym)。在西方文化中,用 martinet 来形容某人,意味着你在批评他的管理风格缺乏人性或过于僵化。

  • 复数形式: martinets

记住这个名字:Martinet。想象一个穿着笔挺军装、手拿秒表、对任何小错误都大吼大叫的教官。

The football coach was a complete martinet. If a player was one minute late, they had to run ten extra laps. He even checked if their socks were at the same height! The team complained, calling him a “crazy martinet.” But at the end of the season, when they won the championship because they never made a mistake under pressure, they finally thanked their martinet coach.