overseer

英 [ˈəʊvəsɪə(r)]

美 [ˈoʊvərsɪr]

n. 监工; 工头; (某体系的)监督者，监督机构，督察

复数：overseers　

经济

BNC.16167 / COCA.15868

牛津词典

noun

监工；工头
a person whose job is to make sure that other workers do their work
（某体系的）监督者，监督机构，督察
a person or an organization that is responsible for making sure that a system is working as it should

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 监工；工头
Anoverseeris someone whose job is to make sure that employees are working properly.
1. I was put in the tailor shop, and I loved it. I was promoted to overseer.
  我被安排到缝纫车间，结果我很喜欢这项工作，后来还晋升为工头。
N-COUNT （某一体系、活动等的）监督人，监管人，负责人
If a person or organization is theoverseerof a particular system or activity, they are responsible for making sure that the system or activity works properly and is successful.
1. ...the department's dual role as overseer of oil production and safety.
  该部门作为监管石油生产与安全的机构的双重身份

英英释义

noun

a person who directs and manages an organization
Synonym:superintendent

双语例句

A welding overseer picks up$ 400a week.
电焊工监工每周挣400英镑。
When the overseer was not in, most of the workers would lie down on the job.
只要监工不在，大多数工人就磨洋工。
"I can't imagine that he was a very satisfactory overseer," I said, smiling.
“我想他不是一个令人满意的监工。”我笑着说。
But what was Big Sam doing here, so far away from home, especially now that there was no overseer on the plantation and he was gerald's right-hand man?
可是大个儿萨姆到这里来干什么呢？离家这么远，尤其现在无人照管农场的时候，而他又是杰拉尔德的得力助手？
'She was brought here last night,'replied the old woman,'by the overseer's order.
“她是昨天晚上送来的，”老婆子回答，“有教区贫民救济处长官的吩咐。
The overseer's eyes fell to his hands.
监工的视线落到自己的手上。
Now that the four boys were gone, the house burned and the family cramped in the overseer's cottage, she could not bring herself to go.
既然那四个小伙子都不在了，房子也给烧毁了，一家人挤在监工的小屋里，她还有什么兴致去看呢。
WILKENSON: You haven't forgotten your old overseer, have you?
威尔金森（下称威）：你没忘掉我这个老监工吧？现在艾米是威尔金森太太了。
An African American man was the head designer, developer, and overseer of this project.
一个美国黑人是这项工程的主要设计者，发展者和监督者。
Dismiss him, Mrs.O'Hara? He's the best overseer in the county.
开除他？夏太，他是这个地区最好的监工。