taskmaster — Английский словарь

Существительное

1. Someone who supervises workers, especially one who imposes hard or burdensome work.

   Примеры

   Другие примеры (1)

   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.

   Употребление

   • переносное

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   Другие примеры (1)

   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.

Существительное

1. someone who imposes hard or continuous work

   Более общие понятия

   supervisor