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

• Besides all, he had an overseer& a great, tall, slab-side, two-fisted renegade son of vermont.
  除此之外，他还有一个监工&此人生得身材魁梧，腰细拳粗，是你们佛蒙特人的一个不肖子孙。
• 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。
• 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。
• In regards to Shenk the Overseer, remember: a general is nothing without his men.
  至于和督军山克有关的是，记住：一个将军不能没有部下。
• 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。
• The overseer was explaining the job to young trainees.
  监工向年轻的实习工讲解工作情况。
• 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。
• 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。
• WILKENSON: You haven't forgotten your old overseer, have you?
  威尔金森（下称威）：你没忘掉我这个老监工吧？现在艾米是威尔金森太太了。
• It is hard to have a Southern overseer;
  有一个南方的监工头很辛苦；