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形容詞

rubber stamp

1. (figuratively) Of a person, organisation, or process, making decisions or approving matters routinely or without real power.

   rubber stamp politics;   rubber stamp parliament;   rubber stamp legislature;   rubber stamp diet

名詞

rubber stamp (plural rubber stamps)

1. (literally) A piece of rubber or similar material with a design or text carved or molded for the purpose of transferring ink or dye to imprint that design on another object.

   The library had a rubber stamp to imprint the due date.

2. (figuratively) A person or organisation that approves, routinely or as a formality, matters decided by some other person or organisation.

   During the Roman principate, the senate largely served as a rubber stamp for the emperor.

派生語

• rubber stamp politics

動詞

rubber stamp (third-person singular simple present rubber stamps, present participle rubber stamping, simple past and past participle rubber stamped)

1. (figuratively) To process, approve or decide matters routinely rather than through careful consideration.

   They usually just rubber stamp orders under $100.

参考

• pencil whip

Further reading

• rubber stamp on Wikipedia.Wikipedia