Miyuki MiyabeのShadow Familyを読んでいます。
There were seven squads in the First Criminal Investigation Division of the MPD, each with its own desk chief. Of the seven pen-pusher, Takegami ranked second in age and length of service.
"pen-pusher" は文脈からして、内勤の警察官あるいは事務員と思われますが、辞書で意味を確認します。
・Cambridge English Dictionary: someone who has an office job that is not very interesting or important and involves a lot of paperwork: The ad made the job sound exciting but I'm just a glorified pen pusher.
上記の辞書でも例文は "pen-pusher" ではなく、ハイフンの無い二語の "pencil pusher" でしたし、他の辞書でもほとんど "pencil pusher" 項目を設けています。
・Oxford English Dictionary: A person with a clerical job involving a lot of tedious and repetitive paperwork.: no way he was going to let those pencil pushers from accounting pity him
There were seven squads in the First Criminal Investigation Division of the MPD, each with its own desk chief. Of the seven pen-pusher, Takegami ranked second in age and length of service.
"pen-pusher" は文脈からして、内勤の警察官あるいは事務員と思われますが、辞書で意味を確認します。
・Cambridge English Dictionary: someone who has an office job that is not very interesting or important and involves a lot of paperwork: The ad made the job sound exciting but I'm just a glorified pen pusher.
上記の辞書でも例文は "pen-pusher" ではなく、ハイフンの無い二語の "pencil pusher" でしたし、他の辞書でもほとんど "pencil pusher" 項目を設けています。
・Oxford English Dictionary: A person with a clerical job involving a lot of tedious and repetitive paperwork.: no way he was going to let those pencil pushers from accounting pity him
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