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

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。
"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。”
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。
A welding overseer picks up$ 400a week.
电焊工监工每周挣400英镑。
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。
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。
Chamber Overseer's Staggering Roar does considerably less damage.
大厅监视者的震耳咆哮伤害显著降低。
Q.3 Why recent convert is not suitable to be overseer?
问题3：为什么初入教的不可做监督？
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。
"Yes, Mr. Hilton, our overseer."
“是的，是希尔顿先生，我们的照料者。”