slave-driver

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An overseer of slaves at work; a person who puts slaves to work.
    — "That's the rifle I used against the Peruvian slave-drivers three years ago."
  2. An employer or supervisor who demands excessive amounts of work from an employee. colloquial,excessive,figuratively,usually
    — He's such a slave-driver! I can't believe he wants us to come in on Saturday.
  3. Anyone who requests an amount of work from others that is deemed unreasonable. broadly,colloquial,excessive,figuratively,humorous
    — Mom, I need a break after doing homework! You're nothing but a slave-driver!

词形变化

slave-drivers plural

词汇关系

近义词
taskmaster
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