mastermind

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

mas·ter·mind [mastermind masterminds masterminded masterminding] noun, verb BrE [ˈmɑːstəmaɪnd] NAmE [ˈmæstərmaɪnd]
noun usually singular
an intelligent person who plans and directs a complicated project or activity (often one that involves a crime)
•The mastermind behind the robbery was never caught.

Example Bank:
•There's a criminal mastermind behind all this.

 
verb ~ sth
to plan and direct a complicated project or activity
Verb forms:

Example Bank:
•He was accused of masterminding the bombing campaign.
•She masterminded the president's election campaign.
•The operation was masterminded by vice squad officers in the US.
•These two architects masterminded the redevelopment of the inner city.

 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  genius, brain, brainiac, Einstein, originator, conceiver, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate