taskmaster

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈtæskˌmæstɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone who supervises workers, especially one who imposes hard or burdensome work.
    — And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows
  2. A source of hard work or responsibility. figuratively
    — Everyone knows the enthusiasm is inauthentic and only for show, but artifice and inauthenticity are perfectly adequate for the politicization taskmasters. […] It all looked so easy when the competent were at the helm, but reality is a cruel taskmaster, and all the excuses that worked as an underling wear thin once the incompetent are in leadership roles.

词形变化

taskmasters plural

词汇关系

衍生词
taskmasterly taskmastership

词源

From task + master.
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