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.