| 单词 | on the payroll |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the payroll b. on the payroll: in receipt of the pay of a particular employer; (hence) belonging to a particular workforce. Also in extended use: under the control or influence of a person or organization, through the receipt of bribes or other secret payments. ΚΠ 1862 E. L. Pierce Negroes at Port Royal 30 The number at this camp are about 600,..of which 137 are on the pay-roll. 1882 Harper's Mag. Mar. 548/1 On the pay-roll..were laborers of the extent of eighteen hundred and fifty. 1958 Punch 23 July 98/1 Skilled British agents are showing cause why they should be retained on the pay-roll. 1973 ‘H. Howard’ Highway to Murder viii. 98 Nobody on my payroll had anything to do with Vince Portelli's killing. 1990 S. Jamba Patriots (1992) ix. 64 Your party licks the boots of Americanism imperialism and your leaders are on the payroll of the CIA. < as lemmas |
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