stickler
stickler 英 [ˈstɪklə(r)] 美 ['stɪklər]
n. 坚持细节的人；顽固的人；费解的事物
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- A stickler is someone who insists that things are done in a certain way. Say you’re getting married and want to write your own vows, but your partner’s mother demands that you have a traditional ceremony. The mother is a stickler for tradition.
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- n. 坚持细节的人；顽固的人；费解的事物
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1. By exercising the call option now, BofA "starts the clock" and increases its flexibility to sell the new shares down the road, stickler said.
Stickler称,通过行使买入选择权,美银提高了在未来出售新股的灵活性.
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2. Bank of America's board will form its nominating committee that will steer the process by Friday, and has not yet retained an executive search firm, stickler said.
Stickler称,董事会将在周五之前组成提名委员会来掌控整个进程.迄今为止,董事会尚未通过猎头公司来寻找CEO人选.
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3. Bank of America spokesman Bob stickler declined to comment on the Journal's report.
美国银行发言人Bob Stickler拒绝就华尔街日报的报导置评.他表示,"委员会寻求能够尽早的完成遴选工作."
- stickler (n.) 1530s, "moderator, umpire," agent noun from stickle "mediate" (1520s), probably a frequentative of Middle English stighten "to arrange, place," from Old English stihtan "to rule, direct, arrange, order," which is cognate with Middle Dutch stichten, German stiften "to found, establish," probably from Proto-Germanic *stihtan "to place on a step or base," from PIE root *steigh- "to stride, step, rise" (see stair). Meaning "person who contends or insists stubbornly" is first recorded 1640s.
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