preside
verb /prɪˈzaɪd/
/prɪˈzaɪd/
[intransitive] (formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they preside | /prɪˈzaɪd/ /prɪˈzaɪd/ |
| he / she / it presides | /prɪˈzaɪdz/ /prɪˈzaɪdz/ |
| past simple presided | /prɪˈzaɪdɪd/ /prɪˈzaɪdɪd/ |
| past participle presided | /prɪˈzaɪdɪd/ /prɪˈzaɪdɪd/ |
| -ing form presiding | /prɪˈzaɪdɪŋ/ /prɪˈzaɪdɪŋ/ |
- to lead or be in charge of a meeting, ceremony, etc.
主持（会议、仪式等）；担任（会议）主席 - the presiding judge
首席法官 - preside at/over something They asked if I would preside at the committee meeting.
他们问我是否会主持委员会会议。 - (figurative) The party presided over one of the worst economic declines in the country's history (= it was in power when the decline happened).
该党执政时期，国家经历了历史上最严重的经济衰退。
- Judge Charles Watkins presided over the appeal hearing.
查尔斯·沃特金斯法官主持了上诉听证会。 - The Archbishop presided at a special mass in the city's cathedral.
大主教在该市主教座堂里主持了一场特殊的弥撒。
Collocations DictionaryPreside is used with these nouns as the subject:- judge
词源early 17th cent.: from French présider, from Latin praesidere, from prae ‘before’ + sedere ‘sit’. - the presiding judge