He's a clock-watcher.
上班等下班可能是很多上班族的心聲，我們形容這些常盯著時(shí)鐘等下班的人做clock-watcher，所以He's a clock-watcher. (他是個(gè)盯著時(shí)鐘等下班的人)。 一般辦公時(shí)間是朝九晚五，如果你只在辦公時(shí)間工作，可以說：I only work nine to five. (我只由9點(diǎn)至5點(diǎn)工作) ，這樣的人通常不太熱忱工作，可以這樣形容：He's not dedicated to his job. (他不熱忱他的工作)。
對(duì)話 Kate: What are you doing up there?
Jackson: Putting all the clocks in the office back a half hour.
Kate: Why?
Jackson: Because of Gordon. He's a clock-watcher so now finally we'll get him to work overtime.
Kate: Well, Gordon's on annual leave. So all of us now have to work thirty minutes extra. Thanks a lot.
凱伊：你在那里干什么？
積臣：把時(shí)鐘調(diào)慢半小時(shí)。
凱伊：為什么 積臣：因?yàn)楦甑?，他是個(gè)盯著時(shí)鐘等下班的人，所以這樣就可以讓他超時(shí)工作。
凱伊：嗯，戈登現(xiàn)在放年假，那么我們?nèi)家瑫r(shí)工作半小時(shí)嘛，謝謝！
積臣說：Gordon's a clock-watcher. I'm putting all the clocks in the office back a half hour to get him to work overtime.（戈登整天盯著時(shí)鐘等下班。我把辦公室所有時(shí)鐘撥慢半小時(shí)，要他超時(shí)工作）。
Clock-watcher是不斷望時(shí)鐘待下班的工人或待下課的學(xué)生。而這種無心工作或讀書的行為，叫做clock-watching，例如：Mr. Chen’s previous employer said he was not free from clock-watching（陳先生的前雇主說，他往往一到下班時(shí)間就閃人了）。
‘懶人’英文有一個(gè)很像中文的說法：lazybones（懶骨頭）。留意bones雖然是復(fù)數(shù)形式，lazybones一字卻可冠以a或an，例如：He is a lazybones who is always shirking responsibilities.（他是個(gè)懶骨頭，經(jīng)常逃避責(zé)任）。Shirk是‘逃避（責(zé)任、工作等）’；要說人偷懶，這個(gè)字不可不識(shí)，例如：(1) He shirked his homework to watch television.（他不做家庭作業(yè)而看電視）。(2) I shirked going to work on the pretense of being ill.（我謊稱生病不去上班）。To shirk school是‘逃學(xué)’，to shirk work/duties是‘逃避工作/職責(zé)’。
To put/turn/set the clock back即 ‘把時(shí)鐘撥慢’，常引申解作 ‘開倒車’；to put/turn/set the clock forward則是‘把時(shí)鐘撥快’，例如：(1) We put the clock back/forward an hour.（我們把時(shí)鐘撥慢/撥快一小時(shí)）。(2) The government's proposed electoral reforms are designed to put the clock back thirty years.（政府建議的選舉制度改革，旨在恢復(fù)三十年前舊制）。
上班等下班可能是很多上班族的心聲，我們形容這些常盯著時(shí)鐘等下班的人做clock-watcher，所以He's a clock-watcher. (他是個(gè)盯著時(shí)鐘等下班的人)。 一般辦公時(shí)間是朝九晚五，如果你只在辦公時(shí)間工作，可以說：I only work nine to five. (我只由9點(diǎn)至5點(diǎn)工作) ，這樣的人通常不太熱忱工作，可以這樣形容：He's not dedicated to his job. (他不熱忱他的工作)。
對(duì)話 Kate: What are you doing up there?
Jackson: Putting all the clocks in the office back a half hour.
Kate: Why?
Jackson: Because of Gordon. He's a clock-watcher so now finally we'll get him to work overtime.
Kate: Well, Gordon's on annual leave. So all of us now have to work thirty minutes extra. Thanks a lot.
凱伊：你在那里干什么？
積臣：把時(shí)鐘調(diào)慢半小時(shí)。
凱伊：為什么 積臣：因?yàn)楦甑?，他是個(gè)盯著時(shí)鐘等下班的人，所以這樣就可以讓他超時(shí)工作。
凱伊：嗯，戈登現(xiàn)在放年假，那么我們?nèi)家瑫r(shí)工作半小時(shí)嘛，謝謝！
積臣說：Gordon's a clock-watcher. I'm putting all the clocks in the office back a half hour to get him to work overtime.（戈登整天盯著時(shí)鐘等下班。我把辦公室所有時(shí)鐘撥慢半小時(shí)，要他超時(shí)工作）。
Clock-watcher是不斷望時(shí)鐘待下班的工人或待下課的學(xué)生。而這種無心工作或讀書的行為，叫做clock-watching，例如：Mr. Chen’s previous employer said he was not free from clock-watching（陳先生的前雇主說，他往往一到下班時(shí)間就閃人了）。
‘懶人’英文有一個(gè)很像中文的說法：lazybones（懶骨頭）。留意bones雖然是復(fù)數(shù)形式，lazybones一字卻可冠以a或an，例如：He is a lazybones who is always shirking responsibilities.（他是個(gè)懶骨頭，經(jīng)常逃避責(zé)任）。Shirk是‘逃避（責(zé)任、工作等）’；要說人偷懶，這個(gè)字不可不識(shí)，例如：(1) He shirked his homework to watch television.（他不做家庭作業(yè)而看電視）。(2) I shirked going to work on the pretense of being ill.（我謊稱生病不去上班）。To shirk school是‘逃學(xué)’，to shirk work/duties是‘逃避工作/職責(zé)’。
To put/turn/set the clock back即 ‘把時(shí)鐘撥慢’，常引申解作 ‘開倒車’；to put/turn/set the clock forward則是‘把時(shí)鐘撥快’，例如：(1) We put the clock back/forward an hour.（我們把時(shí)鐘撥慢/撥快一小時(shí)）。(2) The government's proposed electoral reforms are designed to put the clock back thirty years.（政府建議的選舉制度改革，旨在恢復(fù)三十年前舊制）。