英语词汇“preside”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINpreside

Origin:

1600-1700 Latin praesidere ‘to sit in front of, guard, preside over’, from sedere ‘to sit’

VERB TABLE

preside

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	preside
	he, she, it	presides
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	presided
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have presided
	he, she, it	has presided
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had presided
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will preside
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have presided

Continuous Form
Present	I	am presiding
	he, she, it	is presiding
	you, we, they	are presiding
Past	I, he, she, it	was presiding
	you, we, they	were presiding
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been presiding
	he, she, it	has been presiding
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been presiding
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be presiding
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been presiding

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Judge Richter is presiding in the Poindexter case.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Alison presided in a relaxed way, finding things for people to do, drawing them out, drawing them in.
He presided over the beginning of a major build-up of agents, equipment and technology.
In such ways Augustus changed his image to match the changing political regime over which he presided.
It is said that no woman lost a case while Mary Slessor was presiding.
The President appoints and presides over the Council of Ministers.
They preside over the fastest increasing crime rate in our history.

Longman Language Activatorto be in charge of a meeting► chair

to be in charge of an official meeting: · The meeting was chaired by Professor Grainger of the Biology Department.· Her job involves chairing meetings, and producing and circulating the minutes of those meetings.

► preside over

formal to be in charge of an official meeting, especially an important one or one attended by a lot of people: · The meeting was held at Halling Institute and was presided over by T.H. Baker.· Johnson presided over a long Senate ethics committee investigation.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► over

· The Cabinet is appointed and presided over by the President.· Devoted to public order and financial stability, he presided over and accelerated the collapse of both.· Master Alexander makes his first recorded appearance as witness to a settlement presided over by Archbishop Langton in 1216.· The Secretary of State has presided over the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs in the defence industry in recent years.· Bell was appointed to preside over an abolition which, in the event, proved impossible.· It is presided over by the prime minister.· The key change suggested is the creation of a new court presided over by a district judge with two lay magistrates.

NOUN► cabinet

· Nevertheless, legislation still required his sanction, and he continued to preside over cabinet meetings.· The head of the Office presides over the informal cabinet of state secretaries - the Ministerialbürokratie - which meets on Monday mornings.

► case

· Inside, we still find great judges, men and women dedicated to the law, presiding over our cases.

► council

· Under the 1961 Constitution executive power is vested in the President, who appoints and presides over a Council of Ministers.· Finally, he presided over the Council of Nicaea in A.D. 325.· The President appoints and presides over the Council of Ministers.

► man

· But he is a man presiding over a collapsing economy and a discredited political system.

► meeting

· Nevertheless, legislation still required his sanction, and he continued to preside over cabinet meetings.· North died in London 5 May 1896, while presiding at a company meeting at Gracechurch Street.· The author presiding at his last meeting as chairman of the Arts Council in 1972.

► trial

· Marshal Konev is believed to have presided at his trial.