superintendent
英[su?p(?)r?n'tend(?)nt;sju?-]
美[,sup?r?n't?nd?nt]
- n. 監督人；負責人；主管；指揮者
詞態變化
復數:?superintendents;
助記提示
1. in- "into, on" + tend- => intend-: turn one's attention, direct.
2. super- + intend- + -ent.
3. => overseer.
中文詞源
superintendent 主管人，監管人
superintend,主管，監管，-ent,人。
英文詞源
- superintendent (n.)
- 1550s, originally an ecclesiastical word meaning "bishop" or "minister who supervises churches within a district" (ultimately a loan-translation of Greek episkopos "overseer"), from Medieval Latin superintendentem (nominative superintendens), present participle of Late Latin superintendere "oversee," from Latin super "above" (see super-) + intendere "turn one's attention to, direct" (see intend). Famously used by 16c. radical Protestants in place of bishop, which to them was tainted by Papacy.
[Martinists] studie to pull downe Bishopps, and set vp Superintendents, which is nothing else, but to raze out good Greeke, & enterline bad Latine. [Lyly, "Pappe with an Hatchet," 1589]
The general sense of "a person who has charge of some business" is first recorded 1580s. Meaning "janitor, custodian" is from c. 1935. Shortened form super first attested 1857, especially at first of overseers of sheep ranches in Australia. As an adjective meaning "superintending," from 1590s.
雙語例句
- 1. I am astounded at the comments made by the Chief Superintendent.
- 主管的評語讓我大吃一驚。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He was stopped at the airport by an assistant superintendent of police.
- 他在機場被一名助理警長扣留了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. the superintendent of schools in Dallas
- 達拉斯教育局長
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. The officer in charge of the case is Superintendent Lewis.
- 負責這件案子的警官是警長劉易斯.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The superintendent swaggered into the schoolyard.
- 督學闊步高視地走進校園.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》