paymaster
n
1 official who pays troops, workers, etc 负责发薪饷的军需官; 工薪出纳员.
2 (usu pl 通常作复数) (derog 贬) person who pays another person or group to do sth for him and who therefore controls his/their actions 雇用并操纵他人的人
The paymasters of these petty crooks are the big crime syndicates. 操纵这帮小流氓的就是那个大犯罪集团. ,Paymaster `General (Brit) minister in charge of the department of the Treasury through which payments are made (财政部)主计长.
🗣️ 情景例句
If we're all prepared to recycle paper, thousands of trees could be saved every day.
如果纸能被循环利用,那么每天千千万万的树木就可得以挽救。
To have a girl friend
有女朋友
It is said that the nerve poison is the more primitive of the two, that the blood poison is, so to speak, a newer product from an improved formula.