supervision

Compared meaning: watching over and managing someone or something (noun).

比较义项：监督、管理（某事或某人）（名词）。

• supervision 本词

  Used for directly watching and guiding people or an activity as it happens, especially children, employees, or trainees; commonly pairs with 'under ... supervision'.

  用于直接看管、指导正在进行的人或活动，尤其是儿童、员工或受训者；常与“under ... supervision”搭配，强调实时监督。

  Children should swim only under adult supervision at the pool.

  儿童只能在成人监督下在泳池游泳。

• oversight

  Refers to the broader responsibility of managing and monitoring a task, process, or organization, often in a formal or administrative context; commonly pairs with 'oversight of/over'.

  指对某项任务、流程或机构进行整体的管理与监督，语气较为正式，多用于行政或公司治理语境；常与“oversight of/over”搭配。

  The board provides oversight of the company's financial decisions.

  董事会负责监督公司的财务决策。

Supervision and oversight both mean watching over people or tasks. Supervision means directly watching and guiding people, often children or employees. Oversight means the duty of managing a task, process, or organization, in a formal setting. Oversight can mean a careless mistake; not compared.

两者都指对人或事务进行监督管理，但supervision强调对人或活动的直接看管、实时指导，常用于儿童、员工等场合；oversight则强调对某项任务、流程或机构的整体管理与问责，语气更正式，多见于行政或公司治理语境。注意oversight另有“疏忽、失察”这一常见义项，此处不作比较。