timeserver

名词 n.
/ˈtʌɪmˌsəːvə/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who conforms to current opinions, especially for reasons of personal advantage; an opportunist.
    — Another of Lilly's confidants was the time-server, John Gauden, who was distinctly anti-Laudian in outlook, but who nevertheless became Bishop of Worcester at the Restoration.
  2. Someone who performs a job for the required time only, making a minimum of effort.
  3. A device, node or program that transmits the correct time to clients in a network.
  4. Someone who honors their commitments only when it is personally easy to do so. obsolete

词形变化

timeservers plural time-server alternative

词汇关系

上位词

词源

From time + server.
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