revolving door syndrome

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

revolving door syndromes 复数

别名

revolving-door syndrome

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A situation in which employee turnover in an organization is inordinately high.

    习语 不可数

    [S]exual harassment, stereotyping, racism, ageism, and sexual preference discrimination . . . have led to situations such as glass ceilings, earnings gaps, and the revolving door syndromes.

  2. 2.

    A situation in which a person or group repeats a cycle of behaviors or experiences, usually with unsuccessful or undesirable results.

    习语 不可数

    Prison reform and the rehabilitation of prisoners need to be part of the fight against crime, since it is critical that revolving door syndromes of criminality be arrested.

  3. 3.

    A situation in which a person changes employers, perhaps more than once, switching between (a) employment with the government or with an organization having oversight authority and (b) employment with an organization regulated by or overseen by the other employer.

    习语 不可数 政治

    Concerns exist on both sides of the Atlantic regarding the effectiveness of government watchdogs and the growing influence of special interest groups within the bureaucracy. ‘Iron triangles’ and ‘revolving door syndromes’ which began as Washington concerns are showing their face in the UK too.