preside
verb [intransitive] (formal)to lead or be in charge of a meeting, ceremony, etc. 主持（会议、仪式等）；担任（会议）主席 the presiding judge 首席法官 - preside at/over something
They asked if I would preside at the committee meeting. 他们问我是否会主持委员会会议。 - (figurative)
The party presided over one of the worst economic declines in the country's history (= it was in power when the decline happened). 该党执政时期，国家经历了历史上最严重的经济衰退。
Extra ExamplesJudge Charles Watkins presided over the appeal hearing. 查尔斯·沃特金斯法官主持了上诉听证会。 The Archbishop presided at a special mass in the city's cathedral. 大主教在该市主教座堂里主持了一场特殊的弥撒。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPreside is used with these nouns as the subject:- judge
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French présider, from Latin praesidere, from prae ‘before’ + sedere ‘sit’.