1. (英國的)警司;(美國的)警察局局長(cháng) In Britain, a superintendent is a senior police officer of the rank above an inspector. In the United States, a superintendent is the head of a police department.
superintendent
e.g. He was stopped at the airport by an assistant superintendent of police. 他在機場(chǎng)被一名助理警長(cháng)扣留了。 e.g. ...Detective Superintendent Kirby. 偵查警司柯比
2. (部門(mén))主管,負責人 A superintendent is a person who is responsible for a particular thing or the work done in a particular department.
e.g. He became superintendent of the bank's East African branches... 他成了該銀行東非分行的行長(cháng)。 e.g. The Superintendent of Public Works gives orders for all watercourses to be inspected. 公共建設部部長(cháng)下令檢查所有河道。
3. (大樓的)管理員 A superintendent is a person whose job is to look after a large building such as a school or a block of flats and deal with small repairs to it.
superintendent的反義詞
in BRIT, use 英國英語(yǔ)用 caretaker
superintendent英英釋義
noun
1. a person who directs and manages an organization
Synonym: overseer
2. a caretaker for an apartment house represents the owner as janitor and rent collector