单词 | stewardship |
释义 | stewardship (once / 5826 pages) n Stewardship means the management or care of something, particularly the kind that works. If your company is making money, there’s probably been careful stewardship — or, a lot of luck. The sphere or responsibility of a steward (as in a manager or administrator), stewardship is often used to mean "the care, handling and management of resources." Your school requires stewardship to make sure its supplies aren’t stretched. Your clean water may be thanks to the stewardship of an environmental office. Though there is a steward on a ship to handle food and supplies, the ship in stewardship is not a seagoing vessel; it's just a suffix. WORD FAMILYstewardship: stewardships+/steward: stewards, stewardship USAGE EXAMPLESBut whatever you think of his stewardship of the nation, he deserves our thanks. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Manufacturers of pharmaceutical products must establish a convenient, state-approved collection plan for unwanted prescription drugs, either on their own or through a stewardship organization. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) The team dropped two places in his stewardship, into the relegation zone. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) n the position of steward Hyper berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situation, spot a job in an organization |
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