wonk 的定义
Slang.
- a student who spends much time studying and has little or no social life; grind.
- a stupid, boring, or unattractive person.
- a person who studies a subject or issue in an excessively assiduous and thorough manner: They’re searching for a policy wonk to lead the economic institute’s think tank.
wonk 近义词
excessive studier
更多wonk例句
- Former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer is coming off some good weeks of press coverage in which reporters trumpeted his plan for homelessness uncritically and presented him as a low-key policy wonk.
- A few tax wonks predicted that workers who were most likely to struggle financially in old age wouldn’t open the accounts because they couldn’t afford to save.
- Think tanks and nonprofits have published research, and policy wonks have discussed it at conferences.
- Known as a “health care wonk,” Becerra was an original co-sponsor of the Affordable Care Act.
- Policy wonks can talk about history and cite all the studies they want, but for some people, this is not remotely theoretical.
- But if the leader fails to gain acceptance, then the budget details are nothing more than wonk-trivia.
- He hired a disaffected ex-Democratic wonk as his top social-policy guy.
- He saw a problem, and—as a self-proclaimed “wonk”—immediately moved to solve it.
- When did knowing how the federal government works, how the budget works, become impressive for a policy wonk?
- But before long, Morgan was ready to get off the wonk and back to the Oval Office.
- The notes are moderately high-pitched and resemble "wonk-wonk-wonk."
- It was called the Wank (pronounced Wonk) and was an Armenian monastery, half farm, half stronghold.