" I tried to be a tough but fair taskmaster, " Mortenson says.

“我试着做一个强硬但公平的监工，”摩顿森说。

There's nothing like bondage and a stone-deaf taskmaster for taming us women.

没有什么比束缚和聋哑工头更能驯服我们女人了。

But the decline of US power, emergence of alternative lenders, and the IMF's reputation as a domineering taskmaster has left it an anomalous position.

不过，美国实力的衰落、其他贷款机构的出现，以及该组织“霸道监工”的名声，使其处于一个反常的位置。

I mean what you want a father to be is someone to be a taskmaster, in a way, but to teach you in the most loving—but he was a terrible curmudgeon.

我的意思是在某种程度上，你想要的父亲是一个监督者的形象，但是以最慈爱的方式教导你——但他是一个可怕的、乖戾的人。

A better proof of the severity of my bondage to that taskmaster could scarcely be afforded, than the degrading shifts to which I was constantly driven to find him employment.

几乎找不到更好的证据来证明我对那个工头的束缚是多么的严重，而不是我不断被迫为他找工作的有辱人格的轮班。

He was known to be a demanding taskmaster, driving his team towards the creation of this monumental weapon, but there was a gentleness to him too, a deep-seated compassion that often contradicted the stern persona he embodied.

众所周知，他是一位要求严格的工头，推动他的团队创造出这种具有里程碑意义的武器，但他也有一种温柔，一种根深蒂固的同情心， 这常常与他所体现的严厉性格相矛盾。