English Dictionary

bean counter

名詞

軽蔑的 慣用表現 軽度

(idiomatic, mildly derogatory) A person who is excessively interested in controlling or reducing expenses, increasing profits, or in quantitative details in general. The term is often used to imply the person is a pedant and incapable of seeing other things or the bigger picture (more general things), but it is also widely used as a mildly derogatory term and even facetious synonym for accountants, CEOs, CFOs, business and government officials responsible for financial decisions, etc.

日本語の意味

支出の削減や利益の増加など、数値や財務面の細かい部分に過剰にこだわる人。軽蔑的または皮肉を込めた表現として、会計士や経理担当者、財務責任者を指す場合がある。

When we proposed adding free books to the summer program, the bean counter refused on the grounds of cost.

私たちが夏のプログラムに無料の本を追加しようと提案したとき、経費にうるさい会計担当者が費用を理由に反対した。

意味（1）

(idiomatic, mildly derogatory) A person who is excessively interested in controlling or reducing expenses, increasing profits, or in quantitative details in general. The term is often used to imply the person is a pedant and incapable of seeing other things or the bigger picture (more general things), but it is also widely used as a mildly derogatory term and even facetious synonym for accountants, CEOs, CFOs, business and government officials responsible for financial decisions, etc.

As any good bean counter will tell you, it costs money to treat people at a hospital.

bean counters （ plural ）