a person who has a lot of authority and manages and controls an activity, a place, a group of workers, etc. 主管人；负责人；监管人；监督人 a park superintendent 公园负责人 the superintendent of schools in Dallas 达拉斯教育局长 She was medical superintendent at the Institution for 28 years. 她在该机构做了28年的院长。
- (abbreviation Supt)
(in the UK) a police officer just above the rank of chief inspector （英国）警司（警阶为总督察的上一级） Superintendent Livesey 利夫西警司
- (abbreviation Supt.)
(in the US) the head of a police department （美国）警察局长，总警监 - (North American English)
a person whose job is to be in charge of a building and make small repairs, etc. to it （大楼的）管理人
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin superintendent- ‘overseeing’, from the verb superintendere, translating Greek episkopein.