taskmaster

noun

1. 工头；监工；监督人
   a person who gives other people work to do, often work that is difficult
   1. She was a hard taskmaster .
      她是个严厉的工头。

1. N-COUNT 监工;工头
   If you refer to someone as a hard taskmaster, you mean that they expect the people they supervise to work very hard.
   1. They're both tough taskmasters, but Stephen is much more supportive.
      他们俩都是严厉的工头，不过斯蒂芬更喜欢帮助他人。

1. They're both tough taskmasters, but Stephen is much more supportive.
   他们俩都是严厉的工头，不过斯蒂芬更喜欢帮助他人。
2. Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was taskmaster over the forced labor, and all Israel stoned him to death with stones.
   罗波安王差遣掌管服苦之人的亚多兰往以色列人那里去，以色列人就用石头打死他。
3. And it will be even better if we can convince the taskmaster to pay the bill!
   如果我们能说服头儿掏钱，那就更好了！
4. It was the kobolds'task to keep the streets of Narbondellyn absolutely free of debris, and their devotion to duty was ensured by an ogre taskmaster armed with whip and daggers.
   这是狗头人的任务，要保持纳邦德林一尘不染，而它们对职责的忠心耿耿全靠一个手持鞭子和匕首的食人魔来保证。
5. With a deal done and both players having had their respective wishes granted, Gallas has wasted no time in issuing a frank and forthright appraisal of his former taskmaster.
   协议达成，两个球员都各得其所。加拉斯立刻坦率而直接的向他的前教头发难。
6. Instead of the International Monetary Fund, Germany is acting as the taskmaster imposing fiscal discipline.
   现在是德国、而非国际货币基金组织（IMF）在充当敦促各国遵守财政纪律的工头。
7. You only have a little more to go before you are done with this taskmaster planet.
   你只需要再努力多一点时间，你就会逃离土星这个考验之星的魔掌。
8. I shall now enter on the duties to which my fellow-citizens have again called me. The profession of medicine is a stern taskmaster.
   如今，我要承担同胞们再次托付给我的重任。医生这个职业总要求其从事者承担繁重的任务。
9. For example, instead of seeing God as a cruel taskmaster or a harsh judge, I now picture God in some ways as a tender shepherd, as a concerned mother, and as a heartbroken father.
   比方说，我不再认为神是冷酷无情的，或是严厉苛刻的审判者，而是温柔的牧者、关怀备至的母亲和伤心欲绝的父亲。
10. After killing a brutal Egyptian taskmaster, he fled to Midian, where Yahweh ( God) revealed himself in a burning bush and called Moses to deliver the Israelites from Egypt.
    在他杀害残忍的埃及工头之后，他逃到米甸，雅赫维（即上帝）曾在此显身于燃烧的树丛中，召唤摩西将以色列人带出埃及。
11. Nature can be a stern taskmaster.
    大自然是严厉的监工者。
12. The Chinese dream is a tough taskmaster.
    中国梦是一个严厉的工头。
13. I can't go out for a beer tonight because my taskmaster wants me to finish an important report.
    今晚我不能去喝啤酒，因为我的上司想让我完成一份重要报告。
14. Their staple food is the fungus cultivated by slaves under the oversight of a taskmaster.
    他们的主食是工头监督下奴隶种植的菌类。
15. A stern taskmaster, teacher, parent, etc.
    严厉的监工、教师、父亲等。
16. Mourinho's assistant Steve Clarke has reiterated the words of his taskmaster, confident that the club are already fine-tuned for the forthcoming campaign.
    莫里尼奥的助理克拉克重申了他的话，自信的说对于即将来临的比赛，球队已经准备好了。
17. His father was a hard-to-please taskmaster; was very hard to please.
    他的父亲是个苛刻的工头；非常苛刻。
18. He is a hard taskmaster. The police kept the criminal under strict surveillance.
    囚犯受到严密监视。他是个严苛的监工。
19. It is a role that requires him to be a diplomat, intermediary, taskmaster and spokesman.
    这个工作需要他同时扮演外交家、中间人、工头和发言人的角色。
20. I see the evil taskmaster with arms crossed and foot tapping.
    我甚至能看到那邪恶的工头站在面前，双臂交叉，脚尖打着拍子。

noun

1. someone who imposes hard or continuous work