back-seat driver
英 [ˌbæk siːt ˈdraɪvə(r)]
美 [ˌbæk siːt ˈdraɪvər]
n. 对驾驶者指手画脚的乘客; 企图越权者
牛津词典
noun
- 对驾驶者指手画脚的乘客
a passenger in a vehicle who keeps giving advice to the driver about how he or she should drive - 企图越权者
a person who wants to be in control of sth that is not really their responsibility
柯林斯词典
- 对驾驶员指手画脚的乘客
If you refer to a passenger in a car as aback-seat driver, they annoy you because they constantly give you advice. - N-COUNT (尤指政客中)企图越俎代庖的人,干涉与己无关之事的人
If you refer to someone, especially a politician, as aback-seat driver, you disapprove of them because they try to influence a situation that does not concern them.- They accused the former prime minister of being a backseat driver.
他们指责前首相越俎代庖。
- They accused the former prime minister of being a backseat driver.
双语例句
- Don't ask Peter about the work, he's a back-seat driver.
不要向彼得问有关这项工作的事,他是多管事的人。 - My assistant has become a bit of a back-seat driver and it's getting on my nerves.
我的助手已变得有些多管闲事,因而使我觉得很是不安。 - No one likes Daphne because she's a back-seat driver.
没人喜欢达芙妮,因为他是个后座司机。