superintend

UK/.sju:pәrin'tend/US

IELTSGREB1

Definitions

To oversee and direct the work of others

监督，监管

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

super-above, beyond

in-not, opposite of

tendstretch, extend

=superintend

super- (over) + in- (toward) + tend (stretch) = "to stretch attention over" a task from above — to oversee. The verb behind superintendent; fairly formal and now uncommon.

Root tend still carries 40 more words

Common Collocations

1.superintend construction监督施工
2.superintend operations监管运营
3.appointed to superintend被任命监督

Example Sentences

1.
An engineer was hired to superintend the construction work.

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