美國的民選地方官員
同一個字被拿去當正式職稱：他不是在工地或辦公室看管誰，而是市或郡的民選代表，職權由當地法規界定。
US elected official · noun · C1
In some parts of the United States, an elected member of a city or county government.
（美國）縣政委員
核心畫面
One way to picture supervisor: the person one step above you on the floor — not the top boss, but the one who answers for how today's work goes. In parts of the United States the same word became an official title for an elected local politician, which is a job title rather than an extension of the everyday meaning.
可以想成 supervisor 是現場比你高一階的那個人：不是最高層的老闆，而是要為今天這攤工作做得如何負責的人。在…更多收起
可以想成 supervisor 是現場比你高一階的那個人：不是最高層的老闆，而是要為今天這攤工作做得如何負責的人。在美國某些地方，同一個字變成了民選地方官員的正式職稱——那是一個職位名稱，不是日常意思的延伸。From the picture
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overseer · noun · C1
Someone whose job is to watch over a person, a group, or an activity and make sure the work is done well.
主管；督導
原始詞典資料4 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。
supervisornoun/ˈsuːpəˌvaɪzə(ɹ)/
- 1
managementA person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
- Near-synonyms: superintendent, manager, boss, executive, overseer
- Thus, today, even if the objective does seem "goalish," the supervisor assumes the problem inherent in trying to "accomplish" that goal will become clear to the librarian as the action plan evolves […]
- 2
A person who monitors someone to make sure they comply with rules or other requirements set for them.
- Kashruth fraud in Brooklyn. Seems a goon squad of fake mashgichim or kosher supervisors have been making their way around the neighborhoods pulling surprise ‘inspections’ on different shops and restaurants, selling them fancy-looking certificates to put in the window […]
- 3
In certain states, an elected member of the governing body for a county which is called the board of supervisors.
- 4
computingengineeringmathematicsA process responsible for managing other processes.
- The clock burst which enables the supervisor to housekeep the console input and output and to change program status is currently set to 200 ms.
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。