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Oversee 4088.Oversee 英 əʊvə'Siː]美 Ovɚ'Si 释义 Vt 监督;审查;俯瞰;偷看到,无意中看到

正面 4088.oversee
英 [əʊvə'siː]美 ['ovɚ'si]

背面
释义:
vt. 监督;审查;俯瞰;偷看到,无意中看到
例句:
1. Judge Stacks was appointed to oversee the disposition of funds.斯塔克斯法官被指定监督资金的分配。

1. over- "above" + see. “站得高看得远”。对比:oversee <=> overlook.2. over- "above, beyond" + see. => The notion is perhaps "to see beyond the intended range of the thing". 该含义也许是由overhear类推而得。对比:oversee <=> overhear.
oversee 监督,监管over-,在上,see,看。即在上面看的,引申词义监督,监管。
oversee (v.)Old English oferseon "to look down upon, keep watch over, survey, observe;" see over + see (v.). Meaning "to supervise" is attested from mid-15c. The verb lacks the double sense of similar overlook, but this emerges in the noun form oversight. Related: Oversaw; overseen."

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