English Dictionary

jobsworth

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈd͡ʒɒbzwɜːθ/

名詞

イギリス英語 軽蔑的 くだけた表現

(chiefly Britain, derogatory, informal) A minor official or worker who refuses to be flexible in the application of rules to help a client or customer.

日本語の意味

（英国で、軽蔑的・非公式に用いられる）規則に固執し、融通を利かずに業務を遂行する小規模な公務員や職員、すなわち顧客や依頼者に対して柔軟な対応をしない人物を指す。

When I forgot one small form, the clerk turned into a jobsworth and insisted I come back tomorrow.

小さな書類を一つ忘れただけで、係員は規則に融通の利かない小役人のようになり、明日また来るようにと言い張った。

意味（1）

(chiefly Britain, derogatory, informal) A minor official or worker who refuses to be flexible in the application of rules to help a client or customer.

For many people, however, the stress of not having the correct ticket for a train or bus journey can lead to a particularly uncomfortable feeling … fear that they might encounter a jobsworth. […] Someone who has been caught out by a jobsworth, will probably accuse them of being an embittered, mean-spirited inadequate who are using their status to give themselves faux importance, justifying their actions by their twin mantras of Rules is rules and, inevitably, It's more than my job's worth.

jobsworths （ plural ）