English Dictionary

Sir Humphrey

noun

(UK) A high-ranking bureaucrat, particularly one who is elitist and deliberately obscure.

Sir Humphrey is a high-ranking bureaucrat in the UK.

意味（1）

(UK) A high-ranking bureaucrat, particularly one who is elitist and deliberately obscure.

Wanted: a Sir Humphrey for funds to hide behind

…

Key skills required:

— Ability to move head vertically rather than horizontally when asked to promote anything desired by the fund management companies who pay your salary

— Ability to confuse fact with fiction via misleading random statistics (a mathematics skill would be helpful here)

— Ability to pull wool over the regulators’ eyes while maintaining a straight, poker-like face

Wanted: a Sir Humphrey for funds to hide behind … Key skills required: — Ability to move head vertically rather than horizontally when asked to promote anything desired by the fund management companies who pay your salary — Ability to confuse fact with fiction via misleading random statistics (a mathematics skill would be helpful here) — Ability to pull wool over the regulators’ eyes while maintaining a straight, poker-like face — Ability to come up with new reasons à la Humphrey from Yes Minister, as to why any progressive change that might help the consumer is currently unworkable.