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单词 slave driver
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Definition of slave driver in English:

slave driver

noun
informal
  • A person who makes others work very hard.

    she was far too easy-going to be a slave driver
    Example sentencesExamples
    • An athlete often needs more of a companion than a slave driver.
    • They were constantly telling us that we were slave drivers and refusing to do chores for health and safety reasons.
    • Horror stories have been cited of unfortunate junior doctors being forced to work entire weekends on their own with no sleep or food by slave driver health board paymasters.
    • Dick has long been the slave driver of the group as far as getting things ready are concerned.
    • Next time you call your boss a "slave driver" watch out.
    • The girls had joked that I was a slave driver even at sleepovers.
    • In the eyes of someone who just sees a fragment of my life, they may see me as a dictator, they may see me as a slave driver.
    • He's a bit of a slave driver.
    • You're such a slave driver!
    • He was a slave driver and really made people work.
    Synonyms
    (hard) taskmaster, (hard) taskmistress, tyrant
 
 

Definition of slave driver in US English:

slave driver

nounslāv ˈdrīvər
  • 1A person who oversees and urges on slaves at work.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The man was our slave-driver; he owned us in pretty much every way possible.
    • Immediately, however, the would-be slave-drivers of Indians discovered that there was a fatal flaw in their grand plan of exploiting the indigenous population of the New World.
    • Near the end of their time in America, Dixon tears the whip from the hand of a slave driver busy beating his property; whom Dixon frees.
    • He looked in the Torah and saw that Moses defended his people against the slave driver.
    • He tried selling me to every other merchant and slave driver that he passed, but none of them would buy me until you came along.
    • They also wore rudimentary robes so that a slave driver wouldn't yell at them for not showing they were there.
    • Those who try to stop it - as Dixon does when he challenges the slave driver - are not fools.
    • And, when a slave begins to get out of control, the slave driver has to, in some cases, take drastic measures.
    1. 1.1informal A person who works others very hard.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He was a slave driver and really made people work.
      • You're such a slave driver!
      • An athlete often needs more of a companion than a slave driver.
      • Dick has long been the slave driver of the group as far as getting things ready are concerned.
      • He's a bit of a slave driver.
      • The girls had joked that I was a slave driver even at sleepovers.
      • Next time you call your boss a "slave driver" watch out.
      • Horror stories have been cited of unfortunate junior doctors being forced to work entire weekends on their own with no sleep or food by slave driver health board paymasters.
      • They were constantly telling us that we were slave drivers and refusing to do chores for health and safety reasons.
      • In the eyes of someone who just sees a fragment of my life, they may see me as a dictator, they may see me as a slave driver.
      Synonyms
      taskmaster, hard taskmaster, taskmistress, hard taskmistress, tyrant
 
 
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