grade grubbing

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The practice of a student (especially one in college) seeking to improve their academic grades through negotiation, flattery, or persistent argumentation without substantive justification. US,derogatory,slang,uncountable
    — My grade grubbing was so intense that my Latin teacher called me the "millimeter bandit."
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of grade grub form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. Engaging in grade grubbing. US,derogatory,slang
    — Today's students are often painted with the generational brush of being grade-grubbing snowflakes, a prejudice accelerated by the 2014 publication of William Deresiewicz's Excellent Sheep.

词形变化

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