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单词 mastermind
释义
mastermind
verb[T]
uk
/ˈmɑː.stə.maɪnd/us
/ˈmæs.tɚ.maɪnd/
toplanadifficultactivity, often acrime, indetailand makecertainthat ithappenssuccessfully:
策划；幕后操纵
He'sbelievedto have masterminded theattacks.据信是他策划了这些袭击事件。
Synonyms
direct
engineer
orchestrate
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Planning, expecting and arranging
  • accidentally
  • accidentally on purposeidiom
  • advertent
  • advisedly
  • aim atsomething
  • bargain
  • I might have knownidiom
  • I'll/we'll cross that bridge when I/we come/get to itidiom
  • insomeone'scrosshairsidiom
  • in the pipelineidiom
  • in the worksidiom
  • planner
  • provision
  • purposely
  • put the cart before the horseidiom
  • puttheirheads togetheridiom
  • rearrange
  • reckon onsomething
  • settle
  • sleeve
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mastermind
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmɑː.stə.maɪnd/us
/ˈmæs.tɚ.maɪnd/
someone whoplansadifficultactivity, often acrime, indetailand makescertainthat ithappenssuccessfully:
Heneedstopreventacriminalmastermind fromstealingthe world'sgreatesttreasures.
He's the mastermind behind two of TV'sbiggesthits.
More examples
  • Theallegedmastermind isstandingtrialin US DistrictCourtandfaces52charges.
  • He is thesuspectedmastermind of thekillingof theprimeminister.
  • She issuspectedof being the mastermind of theplot.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Planning, expecting and arranging
  • accidentally
  • accidentally on purposeidiom
  • advertent
  • advisedly
  • aim atsomething
  • bargain
  • I might have knownidiom
  • I'll/we'll cross that bridge when I/we come/get to itidiom
  • insomeone'scrosshairsidiom
  • in the pipelineidiom
  • in the worksidiom
  • planner
  • provision
  • purposely
  • put the cart before the horseidiom
  • puttheirheads togetheridiom
  • rearrange
  • reckon onsomething
  • settle
  • sleeve
See more results »
(Definition ofmastermindfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
mastermind
verb[T]
uk
/ˈmɑː.stə.maɪnd/us
/ˈmæs.tɚ.maɪnd/
toplanadifficultactivity, often acrime, indetailand makecertainthat ithappenssuccessfully
策划；幕后操纵
He'sbelievedto have masterminded theattacks.据信是他策划了这些袭击事件。

mastermind| American Dictionary

mastermind
verb[T]
us
/ˈmæs·tərˌmɑɪnd/
toplananddirectadifficultactivity:
Oliver masterminded thetakeoverof histopbusinesscompetitor.

mastermind

noun[C]us
/ˈmæs·tərˌmɑɪnd/
The mastermind behind theescapehas never beenidentified.
(Definition ofmastermindfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmastermind

mastermind
There is little evidence of a preconceived overall scheme, much less amastermindat work.
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This book should be particularly useful for would-be election monitors and masterminds.
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On the other hand,mastermindhas very low ratios.
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To test your program, you can include some definitions that let you score function to playmastermind.
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Fuheng's activism and miscalculation in masterminding the escalation of the war were typically driven by this type of imperialistic mentality.
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Students rarely experience that the development of a building's design necessarily implies collaboration among the different stakeholders, and not only the work of an individualmastermind.
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The mass parties masterminded the selection of the political class and administrative positions, but they did so using criteria which, at least in part, were subject to public debate.
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A number of very peculiar objects were indeed found (these were mostly studied in detail later), but none of these appeared likely to be the product of alien masterminds.
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However, the other benchmarks do not use untraced libraries, in order to be fair, the ratios related tomastermindare not taken into account in the averages given below.
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He masterminded the huge tax bonanza—the giveaway—to those who did not need it, which caused all the problems that the country now faces.
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He has masterminded—if that is the right word—the changes.
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Yet the party that masterminded that disaster had the nerve to call this debate tonight.
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Surely the traffic director will be the man who mustmastermindthe implementation of the various schemes proposed.
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One does not need to be an expert on the sea to be able tomastermindsome sophisticated frauds.
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I rather liked him saying, as one who had just masterminded the winning of a general election, that he was quite a keen politician.
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