overseer

英 [ˈəʊvəsɪə(r)]

美 [ˈoʊvərsɪr]

n.  监工; 工头; (某体系的)监督者，监督机构，督察

复数：overseers　

经济

BNC.16167 / COCA.15868

牛津词典

noun

• 监工；工头
  a person whose job is to make sure that other workers do their work
• （某体系的）监督者，监督机构，督察
  a person or an organization that is responsible for making sure that a system is working as it should

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 监工；工头
  Anoverseeris someone whose job is to make sure that employees are working properly.
  1. I was put in the tailor shop, and I loved it. I was promoted to overseer.
     我被安排到缝纫车间，结果我很喜欢这项工作，后来还晋升为工头。
• N-COUNT （某一体系、活动等的）监督人，监管人，负责人
  If a person or organization is theoverseerof a particular system or activity, they are responsible for making sure that the system or activity works properly and is successful.
  1. ...the department's dual role as overseer of oil production and safety.
     该部门作为监管石油生产与安全的机构的双重身份

英英释义

noun

• a person who directs and manages an organization
  Synonym:superintendent

双语例句

• "Your father's old overseer that damned jonas wilkerson."
  “是你父亲过去的监工&那个该死的乔纳斯威尔克森。”
• Overseer, I am here to negotiate on behalf of the Cenarion Expedition.
  监督员，我在这里进行谈判代表塞纳里奥远征队。
• Overseer, but she'll be along for the ball tonight.
  她要和工头结帐。不过她会来参加今晚的舞会的。
• The two of them, with their Yankee stepmother, their four little half-sisters, and Hilton, the Yankee overseer, remained in the silent, oddly echoing house.
  他们兄妹二人，以及他们的北方佬继母和四个异母的小妹妹，还有那位北方佬监工希尔顿一起住在这幢寂静而又常常发出古怪回响的旧房子里。
• Under observation or under the direction of a superintendent or overseer.
  在观察、主管或监督人的指挥之下。
• The modern president must therefore not be the overseer of aggregate demand but the conductor of deep-seated structural changes.
  因此，总统不能做总需求的管理人，而要做深层次结构变革的总指挥。
• 'She was brought here last night,'replied the old woman,'by the overseer's order.
  “她是昨天晚上送来的，”老婆子回答，“有教区贫民救济处长官的吩咐。
• An African American man was the head designer, developer, and overseer of this project.
  一个美国黑人是这项工程的主要设计者，发展者和监督者。
• As an overseer, he suddenly found himself a person of consequence
  作为工头，他突然觉得自己是个重要人物。
• It is hard to have a Southern overseer;
  有一个南方的监工头很辛苦；