Banker是银行家。三十多年前银行开门营业的时间特别短，从早上十点到下午两、三点就结束了，所以银行家的上班时间每天只有四、五个小时，于是人们就开始流行用banker's hours这个说法来特指安逸舒适的工作了。如今的银行为了在激烈的竞争中生存，也不得不延长每天的营业时间。但是banker's hours这个说法如今却仍然流行。

 

例句： 

 

Joe, come on and get out of bed! You won't be working banker's hours, you know--you've got¹ to be there bright and early at seven am, ready to pump² gas³ for the customers⁵.

 

乔，快起床！要知道你干的活儿可没那么轻松。每天一早七点你就得精神饱满地在那儿给顾客加油了。

 

I'm sure most congressmen work as⁴ hard as I do. But this guy⁶ likes to keep banker's hours: he gets there at noon⁷, eats lunch, sees a few⁸ people, and goes home at four or five PM.

 

我确信大多数议员都像我一样努力工作，但是那家伙却轻松得很：他中午才到办公室，来了吃了午饭，跟几个人会会面，然后四、五点钟就回家了。

 

这里的banker's hours还是指既短又舒服的上班时间。