bean counter

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who is excessively interested in controlling or reducing expenses, increasing profits, or in quantitative details in general. derogatory,idiomatic,mildly
    — As any good bean counter will tell you, it costs money to treat people at a hospital.

词形变化

bean counters plural bean-counter alternative beancounter alternative

词源

Probably from German Erbsenzähler (literally “pea counter”).
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