柯林斯詞典bean counter (also bean-counter) (bean counters) 1. N-COUNT You can describe people such as accountants and business managers as bean counters if you disapprove of them because you think they are only interested in money. (對金錢)善于算計的人[表不滿] ...bean counters who tend to focus on controlling expenses. ...傾心控制支出的精明人。 返回 bean counter劍橋詞典an accountant (= someone who takes care of a company's financial affairs ), especially one who works for a large company and does not like to allow employees to spend money （尤指大公司的）會計師 It looked like the project was going to be approved , but the bean counters said it wasn't cost-effective . 眼看這個項目就要獲批準了，但會計師們認為它不劃算。 返回 bean counter