1. Maybe they’re wrong, of course, or maybe that’s a pretext offered to squelch a threat to their corporate paymasters. 可能他们错了，当然，也可能那只是发出对他们公司金主威胁一个的序幕。
2. Neither of Greece's two paymasters, the Europeans and the IMF, are considering withholding cash long enough to allow a chaotic default. 这两个希腊的出纳员，欧洲央行和IMF，都不打算把这笔款项扣留到出现混乱的违约情况为止。
3. America has let it be known that, despite Mr Karzai's proven deftness in shirking tasks his foreign paymasters regard as essential, it is now prepared to get tough. 美国已经让世人知道，虽然卡尔扎伊先生已然证明了他逃避责任的娴熟——这点已被他的外国后台老板视为他的本质，但美国准备更加强硬。
4. American mediators from Henry Kissinger onwards have shuttled to and from Jerusalem, while the Europeans have become the biggest paymasters of the Palestinian Authority. 自基辛格起的美国调解员往来穿梭耶路撒冷，而欧洲人业已成为巴勒斯坦权力机构最大的出纳员。
