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wonk n.1. 〔俚語〕蛀書蟲,書呆子,死用功的學生。 2.〔...

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One gem : a young wonk named austan goolsbee suggested that 40 % of american taxpayers should be exempted from filling in their own tax returns because the internal revenue service already knows what they earn , having demanded records from their employers and banks 克林頓夫人承諾通過抑制高收入產業的稅收優惠以及削減10萬冗余顧問的方式尋求資金,盡管如此,但她還是謹慎明智地不點名指出除哈里伯頓以外可能的利益受損者。

The agency is not known for alarmist warnings , and its world energy outlook is typically viewed by policy wonks as a solid indicator of global energy supplies 該機構不是以發布危言聳聽的警告而出名的,政策專家一致認為,它的“世界能源展望”是全球能源供應的可靠的風向標。

Now the strains of a similar performance are reverberating in the heads of foreign - policy wonks , and contenders for power , in america and some other countries 如今,在美國以及其它一些國家里,一個類似做法的腔調正在那些外交政策專家和權力競奪者的腦子中引發一場反響。

And although mrsclinton could out - wonk mr mccain in any debate , he could crush hersimply by asking voters whose character they admire more 而且,雖然克林頓夫人可以在任何一次辯論中擊敗麥凱恩先生,但是他只要問問選民,他們更喜歡誰的性格,可以簡簡單單的壓倒她。

With nations around the world failing to reproduce themselves , policy wonks now realise that too few children could be far worse than too many 由于世界各國都遭到了人口繁殖的失敗,死搬政策的書呆子們現在意識到,孩子過少的害處可能遠遠大于孩子過多。

To trade wonks versed in psychoanalysis , president george bush ' s embarrassing slip of the tongue last month was revealing as well as amusing 與那些工于心計的貿易談判老手相比而言,小布什上月鬧出的口誤尷尬不僅讓人忍俊不禁,而且還給人以啟發。

And mr edwards , who has made a point of turning himself into a policy wonk , can be expected to join in the pulverising 而通過立論轉變成政策分析者形象的約翰.愛德華茲,也被期待加入到這場摧毀計劃當中。

Is it conceivable that the policy wonks will ever win the battle with the campaign consultants 政治強手們可以贏得這場與競選顧問之間的斗爭嗎?

Mrs clinton is also one of america ' s leading health - care wonks 克林頓夫人同樣是美國醫療問題的研究領袖之一。