[with obj.]be responsible for the management or arrangement of (an activity or organization); oversee 主管(或指挥)(行为,团体);监督 he superintended a land reclamation scheme. 他主管一项土地开垦方案。
派生 superintendence noun superintendency noun 语源
early 17th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin superintendere, translating Greek episkopein