英语词汇parkinson-s law的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	parkinson-s law
词源	Parkinson’s Law. Parkinson’s Law (1957), formulated by and named after C. Northcote Parkinson, distinguished British au- thor and scholar, puts down succinctly what employers have known for generations: “Work expands to fill the time allotted to it, or, conversely, the amount of work completed is in inverse proportion to the number of people employed.”
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