喜樂美語
  1. 1vB2/ˌoʊvərˈsiː/ · /ˌəʊvəˈsiː/監督；監管

    正式To be responsible for a group of workers or a piece of work, and to make sure it is done well.

    示範例句 · Example

    Ms. Chen was chosen to oversee the school science fair this year.

    逐字陳老師被選來監督今年的學校科學展。

    「oversee」是比較正式的「負責、從上面把關」動詞：你對一整件事或一組人負責，並且確認工作有做好。核心畫面可以想成「站在比較高的位置往下看整個計畫」——多半在規劃、安排，不一定整天站在旁邊下指令。跟 supervise 比，supervise 常常是人在現場、直接指導；oversee 比較像總負責、看大局。常見搭配：oversee a project、oversee a program、oversee a team。

    常見搭配

    • oversee a project

      監督／總負責一個專案

      to be responsible for a whole piece of planned work

      Mei helped her dad oversee the classroom garden project.

    • oversee a program

      監督／總負責一個計畫或課程

      to be responsible for an organized set of activities

      Two teachers oversee the summer reading program.

    • oversee a team / group of staff

      監督一組工作人員／團隊

      to be in charge of a group of workers

      Team leaders oversee groups of student helpers at the fair.

    • oversee a process

      監督一個流程

      to watch and guide the steps of how something is done

      The class captain oversees the cleanup process after lunch.

    • oversee operations

      監督日常運作

      to be responsible for how daily work is carried out

      The student council oversees club operations each semester.

    • be appointed to oversee something

      被指派來監督某事

      to be officially chosen as the person in charge

      Aisha was appointed to oversee the food stall for Sports Day.

    用法接近

    be in charge oflook afterwatch overcoordinate

    意思相反

    ignoreneglect

core核心畫面

Picture standing above the work rather than in it — you are not doing the job yourself, but it is yours if it goes wrong. The word is about position: high enough to see the whole thing, close enough to be answerable for it.

可以想成：站在工作的上方，而不是在裡面——事情不是你親手做的，但出了問題是你的責任。這個字說的是位置：高到看得見全局，近到必須為它負責。

過去式 oversaw過去分詞 overseen-ing overseeing三單 oversees

用法接近

be in charge oflook afterwatch overcoordinate

意思相反

ignoreneglect

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

overseeverb/ˌəʊ.vəˈsiː/

  • 1

    To survey, look at something in a wide angle.

  • 2

    To supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group.

    • It is congress's duty to oversee the spending of federal funds.
    • And overseeing them all, like a raddled old good-ish fairy, is Bill Nighy, playing a superannuated rocker hoping to get a Christmas number one with his cynically repackaged version of Love Is All Around.
  • 3

    To inspect, examine.

    • Gamekeepers oversee a hunting ground to see to the wildlife's welfare and look for poachers.
  • 4

    obsoleteTo fail to see; to overlook, ignore.

    • Thereat the Elfe did blush in priuitee, / And turnd his face away; but she the same / Dissembled faire, and faynd to ouersee.
  • 5

    To observe secretly or unintentionally.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。