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单词 superintend
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Definition of superintend in English:

superintend

verb suːp(ə)rɪnˈtɛndˌsup(ə)r(ə)nˈtɛnd
[with object]
  • Be responsible for the management or arrangement of (an activity or organization); oversee.

    主管(或指挥)(行动,机构);监督

    he superintended a land reclamation scheme

    他主管一项土地开垦方案。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The bailiff managed the property of the manor and superintended its cultivation.
    • Supervised by a team of 28 youth leaders and six volunteers from the St Anne's community, all the activities were carefully superintended.
    • In order to make the laundry first class, the directors sent a senior engineer from the United States to superintend construction work.
    • The War Industries Board, though shunning full-scale state control, exercised unprecedented powers in organizing and stimulating production and superintended remarkable feats of miltary-industrial output.
    • This is an invitation to invite the army and police to superintend the electoral process.
    • He trained at Edinburgh, went to the Royal College of Surgeons and then moved to superintend the natural history collections of the British Museum in Bloomsbury.
    • Once more, the government had been drawn in to organize and superintend a national scheme of poor relief, and ancillary codes of practice governing geographical mobility, house building, and the promotion of overseas trade.
    • He is paid for his knowledge and his ability to superintend and direct the work of those placed under him.
    • The superintending engineers were the engineering heads of districts and controlled a number of projects within divisions commanded by junior executive engineers.
    • Like the proconsuls of ancient Rome, the viceroy governed, administered, judged, superintended the royal treasury, was commander in chief of the army, and the vice patron of the church.
    • The job of these officials was to superintend the other monks and nuns.
    • Yet again, however, the case was amply made for British and Commonwealth title fights to be superintended by a panel of three judges rather than just the referee.
    • This made it possible to centralize the stone cutters and dressers with the rest of the labor force, thus making it easier to superintend the entire process.
    • Possibly the son of a Hampshire serf, he entered royal service and superintended the rebuilding of Windsor castle.
    • Once a project was budgeted and approved by the chief engineer, the plans were submitted by means of the superintending engineer to the executive engineer for implementation.
    • Therefore, it is argued, even the liberal state has a considerable stake in superintending the conditions under which children are raised.
    • The superintending engineer should also have on his establishment a staff officer of captain/major rank to handle the office routine and initial audit of accounts from the resident engineers.
    • It has superintended two general elections, two municipal elections and numerous by-elections.
    • He was the only exclusive manufacturer of mill picks in this country, bought only the best English cast steel from Sheffield, and employed only competent and careful workmen whom he personally superintended.
    • Three young nuns, all sisters-in-law of his sons, superintended the staff of twenty-five teachers on the payroll, and they took his surname as theirs under vows.
    Synonyms
    supervise, oversee, be in charge of, be in control of, preside over, direct, administer, manage, run, look after, be responsible for, govern, operate, conduct, handle, steer, pilot

Derivatives

  • superintendence

  • noun suːp(ə)rɪnˈtɛnd(ə)nsˌsupər(ə)nˈtɛnd(ə)ns
    mass noun
    • The management or arrangement of an activity or organization; supervision.

      主管(或指挥)(行动,机构);监督

      the school was under the superintendence of the nuns of the convent
      Example sentencesExamples
      • under his vigilant superintendence, a building was erected
      • Politicians and bureaucrats have developed a great vested interest in retaining control and superintendence over the police organisation.
      • He devoted almost three pages to demonstrate that the term profit had no meaning in economics, and was used interchangeably and confusedly with interest, wages of superintendence, and insurance.
      • It would be a pity if the streets of Otley during the winter were to be allowed to remain in a dirty state because two committees can't agree which should have the superintendence of the work.
  • superintendency

  • noun suːp(ə)rɪnˈtɛnd(ə)nsiˌsupərənˈtɛndənsi
    • The office or position of a superintendent.

      Campbell assumed the school superintendency in 1898
      Example sentencesExamples
      • his first superintendency in Washington was from 1982 to 1992
      • In 1954 the two hospitals were amalgamated under Dorothy's superintendency and named the Christian General Hospital.
      • If they do not get married, they are placed under the superintendency of some male relative.
      • Later, he was offered the superintendency of the entire Coast and Geodetic Survey, but had found his field work with lighthouses too interesting to leave.

Origin

Early 17th century: from ecclesiastical Latin superintendere, translating Greek episkopein.

Definition of superintend in US English:

superintend

verbˌso͞op(ə)r(ə)nˈtendˌsup(ə)r(ə)nˈtɛnd
[with object]
  • Be responsible for the management or arrangement of (an activity or organization); oversee.

    主管(或指挥)(行动,机构);监督

    he superintended a land reclamation program

    他主管一项土地开垦方案。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The War Industries Board, though shunning full-scale state control, exercised unprecedented powers in organizing and stimulating production and superintended remarkable feats of miltary-industrial output.
    • In order to make the laundry first class, the directors sent a senior engineer from the United States to superintend construction work.
    • It has superintended two general elections, two municipal elections and numerous by-elections.
    • He was the only exclusive manufacturer of mill picks in this country, bought only the best English cast steel from Sheffield, and employed only competent and careful workmen whom he personally superintended.
    • Three young nuns, all sisters-in-law of his sons, superintended the staff of twenty-five teachers on the payroll, and they took his surname as theirs under vows.
    • The bailiff managed the property of the manor and superintended its cultivation.
    • Possibly the son of a Hampshire serf, he entered royal service and superintended the rebuilding of Windsor castle.
    • This is an invitation to invite the army and police to superintend the electoral process.
    • Supervised by a team of 28 youth leaders and six volunteers from the St Anne's community, all the activities were carefully superintended.
    • Once more, the government had been drawn in to organize and superintend a national scheme of poor relief, and ancillary codes of practice governing geographical mobility, house building, and the promotion of overseas trade.
    • Therefore, it is argued, even the liberal state has a considerable stake in superintending the conditions under which children are raised.
    • The job of these officials was to superintend the other monks and nuns.
    • This made it possible to centralize the stone cutters and dressers with the rest of the labor force, thus making it easier to superintend the entire process.
    • The superintending engineers were the engineering heads of districts and controlled a number of projects within divisions commanded by junior executive engineers.
    • Once a project was budgeted and approved by the chief engineer, the plans were submitted by means of the superintending engineer to the executive engineer for implementation.
    • Like the proconsuls of ancient Rome, the viceroy governed, administered, judged, superintended the royal treasury, was commander in chief of the army, and the vice patron of the church.
    • He is paid for his knowledge and his ability to superintend and direct the work of those placed under him.
    • Yet again, however, the case was amply made for British and Commonwealth title fights to be superintended by a panel of three judges rather than just the referee.
    • The superintending engineer should also have on his establishment a staff officer of captain/major rank to handle the office routine and initial audit of accounts from the resident engineers.
    • He trained at Edinburgh, went to the Royal College of Surgeons and then moved to superintend the natural history collections of the British Museum in Bloomsbury.
    Synonyms
    supervise, oversee, be in charge of, be in control of, preside over, direct, administer, manage, run, look after, be responsible for, govern, operate, conduct, handle, steer, pilot

Origin

Early 17th century: from ecclesiastical Latin superintendere, translating Greek episkopein.

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