abstract:A jobsworth is a person who uses their job description in a deliberately uncooperative way, or who seemingly delights in acting in an obstructive or unhelpful manner.
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a person in a position of minor authority who invokes the letter of the law in order to avoid any action requiring initiative, cooperation, etc 按部就班的小官僚; 喜欢引用法律条文，为避免采取主动、合作的行动寻找借口
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But Gabi, our fixer supreme, made a couple of quick calls and we witnessed the Rwandan equivalent of Condeleeza Rice phoning a jobsworth on a gate and telling him to open it, or else.