mastermind of/behind• Salameh was a close associate of the allegedmastermind of the TradeCenter bombing, Ramzi Yousef.• Ian Botham, mastermind of the epic booze-up on the Channel island of Alderney, enjoyed a wicked laugh.• Robinson, described as the mastermind behind the bombings, was arrested Monday afternoon.• But the mastermind of Bangor's victory was midfielder Byrne.• A builder from SouthLondon, McAvoy was the mastermind of the robbery.
mastermind2 verb [transitiveT]
PLANto think of, plan, and organize a large, important, and difficult operation 策划,组织〔重大而艰难的行动〕
The project was masterminded by Morris, then aged 29.
这个项目由时年29岁的莫里斯策划。
Ridley, as commerce secretary, masterminded the privatisation.
na popularBritishtelevisionquizprogramme, in which people compete to see who can give the most correctanswers in a fixedamount of time. The programme is known for the large blackleatherchair that each person sits in to answer their questions. If someone does not know the answer to a question, they say ‘Pass’ and the presenter, (1972–97 Magnus Magnusson, John Humphries 2004-) then asks the next question. If the time for a person’s questions finishes while the presenter is in the middle of a question, he says ‘I’ve started so I’ll finish’, and then continues with the question. People use both these expressions in a humorous way.