監督者
解説 Definition
overseers は overseer（監督者、管理者）の複数形です。作業や組織、施設などを見守り、指示や確認を行う人たちを指します。
Overseers are people responsible for supervising workers, operations, organizations, or facilities. They observe work, give directions, check that requirements are met, and may be accountable for safety or performance.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
overseers は overseer「監督者」の規則的な複数形で、語末に -s を加え、発音も有声音の /z/ になります。over「上から・全体を」＋see「見る」＋-er「人」という構造を手掛かりに、工場や建設現場で作業を確認し指示する複数の管理者を思い浮かべます。
Overseers is the regular plural of overseer: add -s to the singular form, pronounced /z/ after the final voiced sound. Break overseer into over, see, and -er—literally, a person who “sees over” an activity. Picture several supervisors walking through a construction site or factory, checking work, giving instructions, and monitoring safety. The plural is natural after several, many, or a number: several overseers watched the site. Keep it connected to the verb oversee, while remembering that overseer names the person who performs the supervision.
例文
The overseers checked the work every morning.
監督者たちは毎朝作業を確認しました。
Several overseers watched the construction site.
数人の監督者が建設現場を見守っていました。
The company trained new overseers to improve safety on the factory floor.
その会社は工場内の安全性を高めるため、新しい監督者たちを訓練しました。
overseers の類義語・関連語
overseers の語源・成り立ち Etymology
overseers は overseer の複数形で、over『上から』＋see『見る』＋-er『する人』の英語本来の組み立てです。『上から見て全体を見張る人』という像がそのまま、監督者・管理者の意味につながります。関連語は oversee, seer。
Overseer is a native English compound built from over, see, and the agent suffix -er. Its structure presents supervision as looking over an activity or group in order to direct and inspect it. The plural overseers is formed regularly by adding -s to overseer. The closely related verb oversee developed from the same combination of over and see. Although seer has the same visible ending, an overseer is a supervisor, whereas a seer is traditionally someone believed to foresee events.
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