plodder

基本解釋

And others of them have said that he was an industrious plodder rather than an original thinker.
還有人說(shuō)斯賓塞是個(gè)勤奮的實(shí)干家而不是獨(dú)創(chuàng)性的思想家。
The open recruitment is an acknowledgment that Softbank has become big—and that he wants to keep it entrepreneurial, so it doesn’t end up a timid plodder like so many other firms in Japan.
這個(gè)公開(kāi)的招聘行為說(shuō)明軟銀已經(jīng)十分強(qiáng)大了，但他希望軟銀可以一直保持其創(chuàng)業(yè)時(shí)的特征。而不是最終成為一個(gè)膽小怕事、步履沉重的大公司，就像絕大多數(shù)日本公司一樣。
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He tries to play 10 matches a year, but is frustrated by being “a plodder, a grafter, slow but sure… You're either good or you're bad,” he muses as our time draws to a close.
他試圖一年打滿(mǎn)10場(chǎng)比賽，但是有點(diǎn)喪氣。因?yàn)樗澳ツ\嘰，晃晃悠悠，慢得可以……這種球員要不很好，要不很差?！?我們的時(shí)間不多了，他開(kāi)始講起笑話(huà)來(lái)。

The Reverend William Thornton who blogs on Southern Baptist Convention issues under the title SBC Plodder is the man.
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If you say that someone is a plodder, you have a low opinion of them because they work slowly and steadily but without showing enthusiasm or having new ideas.