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A superintendent is a person who manages and oversees something big — like a superintendent of schools, who is in charge of all the schools in a whole area. In the UK, it's also a rank of police officer. In the US, it can mean the person who takes care of a whole apartment building.
督學、監督人;(英式)警司
組成From "super-" (over, above) + "intend" (to oversee, to manage) + "-ent."
同家族的字
- intendshares the same Latin root meaning "to direct attention toward"
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
superintendentnoun/ˌsjuːpəɹɪnˈtɛndənt/
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A person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something.
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governmentlaw-enforcementA police officer rank, positioned above chief inspector, and below chief superintendent.
- “No, don't,” replied the superintendent; “in fact, I'd rather you made yourself conspicuous elsewhere. Go down to the landing stage and cross to New Brighton or Wallasey—doesn't matter which—and come back. No doubt you will be seen, and reported to have gone across.”
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The manager of a building, usually a communal residence, who is responsible for keeping the facilities functional and often collecting rent or similar payments, either as also the building's landlord or on behalf of same.
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The head of a Sunday school.
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In some Protestant churches, a clergyman having the oversight of the clergy of a district.
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A janitor.
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educationAn administrator of a school district, a local government body overseeing public schools.
superintendentadj/ˌsjuːpəɹɪnˈtɛndənt/
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Overseeing; superintending.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。