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superintendent

/soo-per-in-ten-duhnt, soo-prin-/US // ˌsu pər ɪnˈtɛn dənt, ˌsu prɪn- //UK // (ˌsuːpərɪnˈtɛndənt, ˌsuːprɪn-) //

监督员,警司,警司大人,学监

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who oversees or directs some work, enterprise, establishment, organization, district, etc.; supervisor.
    • : a person who is in charge of maintenance and repairs of an apartment house; custodian.
    • : a high-ranking police officer, especially a chief of police or an officer ranking next above an inspector.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : superintending.

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Examples

  • He didn’t reach that last goal, but his work was so well respected that he was appointed superintendent of the 10th census in April 1879.

  • The district’s superintendent David Miyashiro wants to keep that program running through the fall.

  • The superintendent of Bonsall Unified told us her district ordered laptops to give to students, but they won’t arrive for months.

  • The superintendent at Borrego Springs Unified School District said he’s still trying to figure out how to connect students where there’s spotty cell phone and internet service.

  • Evans and Barrera gathered together superintendents and board members from some of the biggest districts in California, including Los Angeles Unified.

  • Police Superintendent Michael Harrison said the decline was a result of an effort to decrease gang violence.

  • A former superintendent of Milwaukee schools, he is now a Distinguished Professor of Education at Marquette University.

  • On Thursday, Detective Superintendent McDonald described his account as “harrowing” and compelling.

  • I happened to run into the superintendent the day we got the news, and blurted out a question in an unguarded moment.

  • Superintendent Smith, in fact, had fielded a steady stream of complaints about him that never resulted in any direct action.

  • The door went down—glass crashed—another door yielded—two wild figures fell into the superintendent's private office.

  • And it might be a year or two before a superintendent could be found capable in every way of managing so complicated a ranch.

  • When I told the superintendent something about your looking for such a girl because of a law case, he was much interested.

  • The superintendent and many of the workers go down the river to Para and Manaos or to villages on higher ground.

  • In 1715 he became “page” to D. Francisco de Ocio, superintendent general of customs, who doubtless employed him as a clerk.