Superintend
[suːp(ə)rɪn'tend;sjuː-] or [,supərɪn'tɛnd]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to oversee with the power of direction; to take care of with authority; to supervise; as, an officer superintends the building of a ship or the construction of a fort.
校對:马蒂
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Supervise, oversee, overlook, direct, conduct, manage, control, administer, boss, have charge of, have the direction of, have the oversight of, preside over.
校對:索尼亚
同義詞及反義詞：
[See REDUNDANT]
編輯:尼特
解釋/意思:
v.t. to have the oversight or charge of: to control manage.—v.i. to exercise supervision.—ns. Superinten′dence Superinten′dency oversight: direction: management.—adj. Superinten′dent superintending.—n. one who superintends: the head of a Sunday-school: in some Protestant churches a clergyman having the oversight of the clergy of a district: overseer.—n. Superinten′dentship.
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例句/造句/用法:
- There was no Adrian to superintend and direct, while whole flocks of the poor were struck and killed. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- There should always be one steady head to superintend so many young ones. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- He came over himself to superintend in person the defence of his right flank. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- It was no longer in Emma's power to superintend his happiness or quicken his measures. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- After urging upon General Thomas the necessity of immediately assuming the offensive, I started West to superintend matters there in person. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- But, although disabled from active work, Mr. Roebling continued to superintend the vast project through the constant mediation of his wife. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- All people of small or middling fortunes would be obliged to superintend themselves the employment of their own stocks. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Orders began to flow in, and Watt had his hands full in traveling about the country superintending the erection of his steam-engines. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The Marquis of Steyne was present, paternally superintending the progress of his pupil. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- She was still superintending the lading of the cart, when a gentleman entered the yard and approached her ere she was aware of his presence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Now, when he could spare the time from superintending the workmen and traveling over the country, he gave his thoughts to further inventive schemes. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of a superintending Providence in our favour. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Half of Briggs's time at dinner was spent in superintending the invalid's comfort, and in cutting up chicken for her fat spaniel. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I did not parade with either party, but occasionally met with the wide awakes --Republicans--in their rooms, and superintended their drill. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- He won't be here this three-quarters of an hour or more,' said the young lady who superintended the domestic arrangements of the Blue Boar. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- In it is a marble chair which Helena used to sit in while she superintended her workmen when they were digging and delving for the True Cross. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The men all turned out the morning after their enlistment, and I took charge, divided them into squads and superintended their drill. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Paul superintended my repast, and almost forced upon me more than I could swallow. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The council, mindful of its social duties, superintended the filling of the municipal granaries, in order to have supplies in years of scarcity. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- In the same year he superintended the gilding, by electro-plate, of the iron dome of the Cathedral of St. Isaac at St. Petersburgh, using 274 pounds of ducat gold. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Since her father's death, her home has been London, where a lady lives with her, and superintends her education. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
錄入:斯威尼