master

1. N-COUNT A servant's master is the man that he or she works for. 主人

My master ordered me not to deliver the message except in private. 主人命令我不能傳送信息，除非在私下里。

2. N-COUNT If you say that someone is a master of a particular activity, you mean that they are extremely skilled at it. 專家

She was a master of the English language. 她曾是一名英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)言專家。

3. ADJ Master is also an adjective. 精通的[ADJ n]

...a master craftsman. …一名手藝高超的工匠。

4. N-VAR If you are master of a situation, you have complete control over it. 控制者

Jackson remained calm and always master of his passions. 杰克遜保持著平靜，始終是自己情感的掌控者。

5. V-T If you master something, you learn how to do it properly or you succeed in understanding it completely. 掌握

Duff soon mastered the skills of radio production. 達(dá)夫很快掌握了廣播節(jié)目制作的技能。

6. V-T If you master a difficult situation, you succeed in controlling it. 掌控

When you have mastered one situation you have to go on to the next. 當(dāng)你掌控了一種局面，你不得不繼續(xù)下一個(gè)。

7. →see also headmaster

8. N-COUNT A famous male painter of the past is often called a master. (舊時(shí)) 著名男畫(huà)家

...a portrait by the Dutch master, Vincent Van Gogh. …一幅荷蘭著名男畫(huà)家文森特·凡·高所作的畫(huà)像。

9. ADJ A master copy of something, such as a film or a tape recording, is an original copy that can be used to produce other copies. 母帶的[ADJ n]

Keep one as a master copy for your own reference and circulate the others. 留下一盤(pán)作為母帶供你自己參考,然后分發(fā)其他的。

10. N-SING A master's degree can be referred to as a master's. 碩士學(xué)位

I've got a master's in economics. 我已經(jīng)獲得了經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)碩士學(xué)位。