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superintend

/soo-per-in-tend, soo-prin-/US // ˌsu pər ɪnˈtɛnd, ˌsu prɪn- //UK // (ˌsuːpərɪnˈtɛnd, ˌsuːprɪn-) //

督导员,督导,督察,监理

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to oversee and direct.
    • : to exercise supervision over.

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Examples

  • This genius to superintend and be the head, while others contribute the hands, is not the most common of human endowments.

  • Madame Roland frequently retired to the library, to write letters to her friends, or to superintend the lessons of Eudora.

  • He had sent his most trusted foreman to his own beautiful home, to superintend matters there.

  • The invalid sat on the shank of a mushroom anchor, and smoked his pipe while he affected to superintend the work.

  • They have been doing all of the hanging on one side, and I wish to superintend it on the other.