| 词汇 | buck-stops-here |
| 释义 | the buck stops hereidiom saying said by someone who is responsible for making decisions and who will be blamed if things go wrong责任到此，不能再推诿；我负责 Duty, obligation and responsibility accountable accountable to someone accountably answer for something buck commitment dual role duty duty of care fail fall to someone fiefdom obliged on your own head be itidiom ought to owe someone a livingidiom portfolio shoulder someone's answer to someone/somethingidiom the onus Examples of the buck stops herethe buck stops here In the end is it not right that thebuckstopshere? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As in so many other matters, thebuckstopshere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When talking about passing the buck, we can make a contribution by saying that thebuckstopshere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will she now say what will happen to those five senior officials, because thebuckstopshere? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the last six years we in the social services, have realised that "thebuckstopshere". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However powerful the vested interests of the oil and chemical companies may be, in the end thebuckstopshere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In government, thebuckstopshere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But for us thebuckstopshere. 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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