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英语单词 superintendent
英美音标 英 [ˌsuːpərɪn'tendənt] 美 [ˌsuːpərɪn'tendənt]
中文释义 n.监督人;管理人;所长
英语例句 (1) "I hope he went fishing and comes back tomorrow, but I wouldn't bet my paycheck on it, " said state police superintendent Clinton Pagano ...
中文例句 (1) 州警察局长帕加诺说,"我希望他钓鱼去了,明天就回来。但是我可不愿意拿我的薪水打赌(并无十分把握)。"...
vocabulary简明 A superintendent is the overseer of an organization. The term superintendent is most often used to refer to someone who oversees a school district and — most importantly — decides when to declare a snow day.
vocabulary扩展 A superintendent is also the caretaker for a building, like an apartment complex. The superintendent is the person to call with maintenance issues, such as a broken lock or clogged toilet. Used in this sense, the word is often shortened to "super." A superintendent was originally a church official who oversaw several churches in a district. The word comes from the Latin superintendere, which means to oversee.
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT; N-TITLE 可数名词;头衔名词](英国的)警司;(美国的)警察局局长 In Britain, a superintendent is a senior police officer of the rank above an inspector. In the United States, a superintendent is the head of a police department.
  • He was stopped at the airport by an assistant superintendent of police.

    他在机场被一名助理警长扣留了。

  • ...Detective Superintendent Kirby.

    侦查警司柯比

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](部门)主管,负责人 A superintendent is a person who is responsible for a particular thing or the work done in a particular department.
  [N of n]
  • He became superintendent of the bank's East African branches...

    他成了该银行东非分行的行长。

  • The Superintendent of Public Works gives orders for all watercourses to be inspected.

    公共建设部部长下令检查所有河道。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](大楼的)管理员 A superintendent is a person whose job is to look after a large building such as a school or a block of flats and deal with small repairs to it.
  [AM 美]
    in BRIT, use 英国英语用 caretaker

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