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主人;雇主;老板
A servant's master is the man that he or she works for.
例句
My master ordered me not to deliver the message except in private...
我的主人命令我務必私下里傳遞消息。
In 1777 several northern states encouraged white masters to free their slaves for military service.
1777年，北方的幾個州鼓勵白人奴隸主解放奴隸，讓他們參軍。
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(狗的)擁有者，主人
A dog's master is the man or boy who owns it.
例句
The dog yelped excitedly when his master opened a desk drawer and produced his leash.
主人打開抽屜拿出牽狗用的皮帶時，狗興奮地叫了起來。
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專家;能手;高手
If you say that someone is a master of a particular activity, you mean that they are extremely skilled at it.
例句
She was a master of the English language...
她是英文高手。
He is a master at blocking progress...
他特別擅長充當攔路虎。
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（局勢的）控制者，主宰者
If you are master of a situation, you have complete control over it.
例句
Jackson remained calm and always master of his passions...
杰克遜鎮定自若，始終克制著情緒。
He was under no illusions as to who was master in his house.
對于誰當家作主，他不抱任何幻想。
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VERB
掌握;精通
If you master something, you learn how to do it properly or you succeed in understanding it completely.
例句
Duff soon mastered the skills of radio production...
達夫很快掌握了廣播節目制作的技能。
Students are expected to master a second language.
學生應該掌握一門第二語言。
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VERB
控制;掌控
If you master a difficult situation, you succeed in controlling it.
例句
When you have mastered one situation you have to go on to the next...
一旦控制住了一個局面，又得接著應付下一個。
His genius alone has mastered every crisis.
僅憑天分，他就控制了所有的危機。
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男教師
A master is a male teacher.
例句
Mr Palmer was a retired maths master.
帕爾默先生是一名退休的數學教師。
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(已故)著名畫家，藝術大師
A famous male painter of the past is often called a master .
例句
...a portrait by the Dutch master, Vincent Van Gogh.
一幅由荷蘭著名畫家文森特·凡·高所作的畫像
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ADJ
（電影、錄音等）原始拷貝的，母盤的，母帶的
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.
例句
Keep one as a master copy for your own reference and circulate the others.
一盤留作母帶自用，其余的都分發出去。
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(商船的)船長
The master of a ship that carries passengers or goods is its captain.
例句
...the Royal Pacific's master.
“皇家太平洋”號的船長
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N-SING
碩士學位
A master's degree can be referred to as a master's .
例句
I've a master's in economics.
我獲得了經濟學碩士學位。
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長老(信徒對宗教法師或領袖的稱呼)
Master is sometimes used by the followers of a male religious teacher or leader as a way of referring to him or addressing him.
例句
She believed that she had been selected by the Master to reveal forgotten wisdom.
她認為自己是被長老選中來揭示被人們遺忘的智慧的。
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N-TITLE
(舊時的)少爺，小主人;君(現在用于信件中對男孩的稱謂)
In the past, Master was used before a boy's name as a polite way of referring to him or addressing him. Nowadays, Master can be written before a boy's name when addressing a letter to him.
例句
Nice to see you, Master Simon.
很高興見到您，西蒙少爺。
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PHRASE
自己作主;獨立自主
If you say that you are your own master, you mean that your decisions are not controlled by other people and you are free to do what you want.
例句
It was no place for a man who liked to be his own master.
這絕非喜愛獨立自主的人能呆下去的地方。