资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Superintend \Su`per*in*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Superintended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Superintending}.] [L.
   superintendere. See {Super-}, and {Intend}.]
   To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to oversee
   with the power of direction; to take care of with authority;
   to supervise; as, an officer superintends the building of a
   ship or the construction of a fort.

         The king may appoint a council, who may superintend the
         works of this nature.                    --Bacon.

   Syn: {Superintend}, {Supervise}.

   Usage: These words in general use are the synonymous. As
          sometimes used, supervise implies the more general,
          and superintend, the more particular and constant,
          inspection or direction. Among architects there is a
          disposition to use the word supervise in the sense of
          a general oversight of the main points of construction
          with reference to the design, etc., and to employ the
          word superintend to signify a constant, careful
          attention to all the details of construction. But this
          technical distinction is not firmly established.