button pusher

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone who pushes someone else's buttons: someone who goads, annoys, provokes, etc. idiomatic
    — Near-synonyms: gadfly, goader, provocateur, provoker
  2. A low-skilled or unskilled worker: someone from whom one can expect little or nothing more than rote pushing of buttons (not showing, for example, critical thinking, insight, or leadership). derogatory,mildly,often
    — Bill has been working here for 4 years and is looking for ways to upskill. He says he doesn't want to be a button pusher forever.

词形变化

button pushers plural

词汇关系

相关词
push-button

词源

In the provoker sense, by a metaphor in which the recipient's emotions can be manipulated on command as if prompted by literal control buttons. Thus also tangentially comparable with a puppet master who is pulling the strings to manipulate puppets.
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