| 单词 | postmaster |
| 释义 | postmaster noun[C] uk/ˈpəʊstˌmɑː.stər/us/ˈpoʊstˌmæs.tɚ/apersonwho is inchargeof apostoffice 邮政局长Communications - the postal system
postmaster| American Dictionarypostmaster noun[C] us/ˈpoʊstˌmæs·tər/(femalepostmistress,us/ˈpoʊstˌmɪs·trɪs/)apersoninchargeof apostoffice: He’s thelocalpostmaster. postmaster| Business Englishpostmaster noun[C] COMMUNICATIONSuk/ˈpəʊstˌmɑːstər/us/ˈpəʊstˌmæstər/apersonwho is inchargeof apostoffice Examplesofpostmasterpostmaster Initially, he worked on a small garden nursery venture begun by his energetic father, who was primarily apostmasterand shopkeeper. From theCambridge English Corpus Fourth-class postmasters and star-route contractors lobbied heavily against rural delivery. From theCambridge English Corpus So, too, the opposition of the postmasters and star route contractors was intense. From theCambridge English Corpus If postal services were privatized, postmasters would lose their favor. From theCambridge English Corpus The powers of this crumbling ancien régime were the fourth-classpostmasterand the stage contractor. From theCambridge English Corpus The loose nexus of contracts among stagecoach operators, mail messengers, star route carriers, and country postmasters was largely unchanged from the antebellum period. From theCambridge English Corpus In other cases, the department questioned postmasters' preferences to hire through kin and friendship networks. From theCambridge English Corpus They offered character assessments for letter carriers, clerks, and even postmasters. From theCambridge English Corpus They determined that they were 'going to worry through the other way somehow,' and thepostmasterpromised to arrange for carriers. From theCambridge English Corpus There was a minister, apostmaster, and several small shops. From theCambridge English Corpus City postmasters had impressive political leverage at their disposal. From theCambridge English Corpus Not only were inspectors in greater force, boosting the likelihood of monitoring for all offices, but their interests and ideology were now clearly aligned against those of postmasters. From theCambridge English Corpus The first step towards obtaining a new route was an informal application from an individual or localpostmaster, supported by a petition signed by 150 families on the proposed route. From theCambridge English Corpus Fuller argues that few post offices were destroyed, due largely to local capture of the special agents and the resistance of fourth-class postmasters. From theCambridge English Corpus This conjecture is perfectly consistent with the record of members clamoring for new routes while mutely receiving the department's proposed regulation to exchange postmasters for routes. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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