词汇 | junket |
释义 | junket noun[ C ] disapprovinguk /ˈdʒʌŋ.kɪt/ us /ˈdʒʌŋ.kɪt/ a journey or visit made for pleasure by an official that is paid for by someone else or with public money(政府官员的)公费旅游 Compare jauntnoun Journeys adventure break-journey carpool carpooling circumnavigation commuting expedition field trip grand tour jaunt layover move odyssey ride round trip sail seafaring stopover trip wanderings junket | American Dictionaryjunket noun[ C ] disapprovingus/ˈdʒʌŋ·kɪt/ an unnecessary trip by a government official which is paid for with public money: The senator is off on another junket to Hawaii at taxpayers’ expense. junket | Business Englishjunket noun[ C ] disapprovinginformaluk /ˈdʒʌŋkɪt/us a trip or party for a group of employees or politicians that is paid for by their company or government: A group of MPs was criticized last week for spending thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money on a junket to Hollywood. a corporate/press junket Examples of junketjunket Some dancers made a junket of going around to viejotecas on weekends, performing impromptu numbers for club-goers in return for a few pesos or a round of drinks. People seem to think that every time a councillor travels or goes to a conference it is a junket. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would not have said it was a junket. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we rearranged the word slightly, we could call it a junket. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that that has now been narrowed down to four: four countries are to benefit from a ministerial visit, or junket. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The victims of their crimes must have wondered what the heck was going on; their taxes were paying for those junkets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We know what goes on at that kind of junket. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Anyone who has been on parliamentary missions abroad will know that they are not junkets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We get very upset when our electors refer to those as junkets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the circumstances, it is unwise of us to refer to similar local government activities as junkets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those boards hold plenty of courses —which are often simply junkets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I feel another junket coming on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know that they could make the money up by fact-finding tours, gravy trains and junkets or whatever, but someone might argue that they cannot get as much. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Council after council has thrown up tales of junkets, maladministration and financial deficit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There's always somebody away on a junket. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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