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

• 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。
• When the overseer was not in, most of the workers would lie down on the job.
  只要监工不在，大多数工人就磨洋工。
• It is hard to have a Southern overseer;
  有一个南方的监工头很辛苦；
• "Yes, Mr. Hilton, our overseer."
  “是的，是希尔顿先生，我们的照料者。”
• The overseer's eyes fell to his hands.
  监工的视线落到自己的手上。
• Q.3 Why recent convert is not suitable to be overseer?
  问题3：为什么初入教的不可做监督？
• All the people he saw the driver, the overseer of the posting station, the peasants on the road, or in the village all had a new significance for him.
  赶马车的车夫、驿站看守人、大路上的或村子里的农民&所有这些人在他的这些话只能使皮埃尔更加高兴。
• 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。
• 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。
• I hope they would look upon me in the nature of an advisor and helper rather than overseer or critic.
  我希望他们把我看成是个顾问或帮手，而不是监督者或批评者。