overseers

英 [ˈəʊvəsɪəz]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈsiərz]

n.  监工; 工头; (某体系的)监督者，监督机构，督察
overseer的复数

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

双语例句

• One personage, whose name has remained unknown, announced that at a given hour two overseers who had been won over, would throw open the doors of a factory of arms to the people.
  一个没有暴露姓名的人传播消息说，到了一定时候有两个被争取过来的工头，会把一个武器工厂的大门向人民开放。
• On farms, where overseers exploit the strength of slaves, I have replaced the latter, wherever possible, by free shareholders.
  农庄是工头们压榨奴隶的地方，我已尽可能用自由的佃农来取代后者。
• Mr Hogan-Howe subsequently served as one of Her Majesty's chief inspectors of constabulary, an elite group of overseers.
  随后其又成为了女王警察总督警察精英联盟中的一员。
• American watchful eye puts its emphasis on decentralized overseers, not the least of which are the American people themselves.
  美国监督体系把重点放在分散监督上，监督者不是美国人民自己。
• While independent, outside overseers and layers of oversight are important, true ethical and people-centered transformation only occurs when frontline police professionals embrace it.
  独立的外部监督人员和各层次的监督虽然重要，但是向符合道德和以人为中心的转变只有在得到第一线警务人员的支持时才会实现。
• They have taken out all the money which was in the lord's house and have given it to the overseers and to the workmen.
  耶和华殿里的银子倒出来，交给督工的和匠人的手里了。
• Here he sets out the clearest statement in the New Testament on the qualifications of elders ( or overseers) and deacons.
  他在新约的这部份清晰列出作教会长老（或监督）及执事的资格。
• They are four of Hollywood's biggest rising stars, bringing some youth appeal to the Oscars, whose overseers are trying to boost the show's TV ratings.
  这四位是好莱坞冉冉升起的四大新星，足以吸引更多的小朋友来关注奥斯卡，显然，主办方是想借助这四位的合力大大提升颁奖礼的收视率。
• He also serves as a member of the CIA External Advisory Board and the chair of the Board of Overseers of the Graham Center for Public Service at the University of Florida.
  他同时还是中央情报局外部咨询委员会成员以及佛罗里达大学格雷汉姆公共服务研究中心监察委员会主席。
• Overseers were responsible for leading or supervising a church.
  监督负责带领或管理教会。