bean counter
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT You can describe people such as accountants and business managers as bean counters if you disapprove of them because you think they are only interested in money. (对金钱)善于算计的人[表不满]
...bean counters who tend to focus on controlling expenses. ...倾心控制支出的精明人。
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bean counter (also bean-counter) (bean counters)
剑桥词典
- an accountant (= someone who takes care of a company's financial affairs ), especially one who works for a large company and does not like to allow employees to spend money
（尤指大公司的）会计师
It looked like the project was going to be approved , but the bean counters said it wasn't cost-effective . 眼看这个项目就要获批准了，但会计师们认为它不划算。 返回 bean counter