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

• 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。
• 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。
• But what was Big Sam doing here, so far away from home, especially now that there was no overseer on the plantation and he was gerald's right-hand man?
  可是大个儿萨姆到这里来干什么呢？离家这么远，尤其现在无人照管农场的时候，而他又是杰拉尔德的得力助手？
• 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。
• '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。
• Now that the four boys were gone, the house burned and the family cramped in the overseer's cottage, she could not bring herself to go.
  既然那四个小伙子都不在了，房子也给烧毁了，一家人挤在监工的小屋里，她还有什么兴致去看呢。
• "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。”
• "Yes, Mr. Hilton, our overseer."
  “是的，是希尔顿先生，我们的照料者。”
• I imagine an old man crying here, out of the sight of the overseer.
  冥冥中一个老人在这里哭泣，监工看不到这里的一切。
• Dismiss him, Mrs.O'Hara? He's the best overseer in the county.
  开除他？夏太，他是这个地区最好的监工。