button pusher

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释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Someone who pushes someone else's buttons: someone who goads, annoys, provokes, etc.

    习语

    Near-synonyms: gadfly, goader, provocateur, provoker

    When you're dealing with Tom, you need to keep in mind that he can be a button pusher sometimes. Stay cool, and don't reinforce that behavior.

  2. 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).

    贬义 商务 工程

    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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