paymaster
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A paymaster is a person or organization that pays and therefore controls another person or organization. 幕后老板[oft with poss]
...the ruling party's paymasters in business and banking. ...执政党的商业及银行业后台老板。
2. N-COUNT A paymaster is an official in the armed forces who is responsible for the payment of wages and salaries. (军队中发薪的)出纳[军事]
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paymaster /ˈpeɪˌmɑːstə/ (paymasters)
剑桥词典
- a person or an organization that pays for something to happen and therefore has or expects to have some control over it
（利用金钱进行操控的）操纵者，后台老板
The government accused the opposition parties of being controlled by trade union paymasters. 政府指控反对党受到了工会的出资赞助人的控制。
a person whose job is to pay wages or salaries in certain organizations
在某些机构中负责支付薪水（或工资）的人 返回 paymaster