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overseer

/oh-ver-see-er, -seer/US // ˈoʊ vərˌsi ər, -ˌsɪər //UK // (ˈəʊvəˌsiːə) //

监工,监督者,监管人,监管者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who oversees; supervisor; manager: the overseer of a plantation.

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Examples

  • The potential funding stress is one factor that had prompted the index’s overseers to consider implementing the addition in two tranches.

  • After Kerwin showed her new lawyer the messages, he reported Letourneau to the board of overseers on June 15, 2016.

  • The board of overseers asked her to testify in its case to determine whether he’d violated professional standards.

  • The board of overseers told her it would give Dwyer-Jones a verbal warning.

  • Board of overseers records do not indicate Mason faced additional cases of professional misconduct.

  • He was the parish overseer for over 30 years, worked long hours in his garden, married a local girl and had three children.

  • The man flushes and averts his face, as he passes a group of visitors clustered about an overseer.

  • The Padre Jose, who is the chaplain, is also the overseer of the estate; a combination of offices that I find is usual here.

  • Hoping to terminate the thefts, Johnny complained to the overseer, though without accusing Jack.

  • My repeated requests for assistance have been ignored by the overseer, who improves every opportunity to insult and humiliate me.

  • I remember there was wailing among the plantation hands, and Gadman the overseer had to use his whip to keep 'em quiet.