a person who manages or superintends an organization or activity 负责人,主管人,指挥者 ■(in the UK) a police officer ranking above chief inspector (英国)(等级较总督察高的)警官 ■(in the US) a high-ranking official, especially the chief of a police department (美国)高级官员(尤指警长) ■(N. Amer.)the caretaker of a building (北美)看门人
语源
mid 16th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin superintendent- 'overseeing', from the verb superintendere (see superintend)