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1) Общая лексика: сотрудник аппарата политического деятеля, знающий ответы на все вопросы -
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полит жаргСотрудник аппарата политического деятеля, знающий ответы на все вопросыEnglish-Russian dictionary of regional studies > policy wonk
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•• * Слово wonk не найдешь ни в Новом БАРСе, ни в ABBYY Lingvo, ни в весьма современном Larousse Chambers English French Dictionary. Значение слова легко угадывается по контексту. Merriam-Webster online ограничивается определением через синоним – nerd. American Heritage более подробен:
•• Slang 1. A student who studies excessively; a grind. 2. One who studies an issue or a topic thoroughly or excessively: “leading a talkathon of policy wonks in a methodical effort to build consensus for his programs.” (Michael Kranish, Boston Globe December 16, 1992)
•• Итак, в первом значении это ботан, во втором – человек, одержимый какой-либо ( обычно серьезной) темой или проблемой. Чаще всего это слово действительно встречается в словосочетании policy wonk. Вот пример из New York Times:
•• Сonsider the tribute President Bush paid in February to the cohort of journalists, political philosophers and policy wonks known – primarily to themselves – as Straussians.
•• На сайте www.quinion.com находим подтверждение частотности именно этого словосочетания и небесспорное уточнение, касающееся его коннотаций:
•• The word was presumably taken to Washington by Harvard graduates and formed the basis for the modern term policy wonk, which is where most of us encounter it. There it acquired the meaning of “ a policy expert, especially one who takes an obsessive interest in minor details of policy,” with a disparaging implication of someone immersed in detail and out of touch with the real world.
•• Для словаря я бы предложил вариант перевода человек, одержимый политическими проблемами, фанат большой политики.
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См. также в других словарях:
policy wonk — noun A person who studies or develops strategies and policies, especially one who has a keen interest in and aptitude for technical details. Clinton and Gore . . . . both are new ideas moderates with a policy wonks love of the intricacies of… … Wiktionary
Wonk — may refer to:* Wonk (slang) * Wonk (character), from The Adventures of Wonk by Muriel Levy * Policy wonk, an expert in the field of public policy and governmentSee Policy Analysis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policy analysis See Center for… … Wikipedia
wonk — [wɒŋk ǁ wɑːŋk] noun [countable] informal someone who works very hard, is very serious, and knows a lot about a particular subject: • He started to become a policy wonk in his new career as a management consultant. * * * wonk UK US /wɒŋk/ noun [C] … Financial and business terms
wonk — [ waŋk ] noun count AMERICAN INFORMAL someone who works or studies extremely hard. This word shows that you dislike people like this. a. someone who is extremely interested in unimportant political facts: a policy wonk … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
wonk — UK [wɒŋk] / US [wɑŋk] noun [countable] Word forms wonk : singular wonk plural wonks informal 1) someone who is extremely interested in unimportant political facts a policy wonk 2) American showing disapproval someone who works or studies… … English dictionary
wonk — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1954 a person preoccupied with arcane details or procedures in a specialized field; broadly nerd < a policy wonk > < a computer wonk > … New Collegiate Dictionary
wonk — /wongk/, n. Slang. 1. a student who spends much time studying and has little or no social life; grind. 2. a stupid, boring, or unattractive person. 3. a person who studies a subject or issue in an excessively assiduous and thorough manner: a… … Universalium
wonk — noun N. Amer. informal, derogatory 1》 a studious or hard working person. ↘(often policy wonk) a person who takes an excessive interest in minor details of political policy. 2》 nautical slang an incompetent or inexperienced sailor, especially… … English new terms dictionary
wonk — noun a) An overly studious person, particularly student; a nerd. b) A policy wonk or other intellectual expert … Wiktionary
wonk — [[t]wɒŋk[/t]] n. Slang. 1) cvb sts a student who studies intensively; grind 2) cvb a person who studies a subject or issue in an excessively assiduous and thorough manner: a policy wonk[/ex] • Etymology: 1960–65, amer.; of uncert. orig … From formal English to slang
wonk — [worjk] 1. n. an earnest student. (Collegiate.) □ Who’s the wonk who keeps getting the straight A’s? □ Yes, you could call Martin a wonk. In fact, he’s the classic wonk. 2. n. a bureaucrat; a flunky. □ The State Department policy wonks were up… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions