appoint
verb /əˈpɔɪnt/
/əˈpɔɪnt/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they appoint | /əˈpɔɪnt/ /əˈpɔɪnt/ |
| he / she / it appoints | /əˈpɔɪnts/ /əˈpɔɪnts/ |
| past simple appointed | /əˈpɔɪntɪd/ /əˈpɔɪntɪd/ |
| past participle appointed | /əˈpɔɪntɪd/ /əˈpɔɪntɪd/ |
| -ing form appointing | /əˈpɔɪntɪŋ/ /əˈpɔɪntɪŋ/ |
- to choose somebody for a job or position of responsibility
任命；委任 - appoint somebody They have appointed a new head teacher at my son's school.
我儿子读书的学校任命了一位新校长。 - appoint somebody to something She has recently been appointed to the committee.
她最近获委任为委员会成员。 - appoint somebody (as) something They appointed him (as) captain of the English team.
他们任命他为英格兰队队长。 - She's been appointed British ambassador to the UN.
她获任命为英国驻联合国大使。 - appoint somebody to do something A lawyer was appointed to represent the child.
一名律师被指定为这个孩子的代理人。
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- appoint somebody They have appointed a new head teacher at my son's school.
- [usually passive] (formal) to arrange or decide on a time or place for doing something
安排，确定（时间、地点） - be appointed A date for the meeting is still to be appointed.
会议日期尚待确定。 - Everyone was assembled at the appointed time.
全体人员均按规定时间召集到场。
- be appointed A date for the meeting is still to be appointed.
词源late Middle English: from Old French apointer, from a point ‘to a point’.