| 词汇 | appoint |
| 释义 | appoint 3 ENTRIES FOUND: appoint (verb) self-appointed (adjective) well-appointed (adjective) appoint /əˈpoɪnt/ verb appoints; appointed; appointing appoint /əˈpoɪnt/ verb appoints; appointed; appointing Learner's definition of APPOINT [+ object] 1 : to choose (someone) to have a particular job : to give (someone) a position or duty指定；任命；委派 The President appointed [=named, designated] him (as) Secretary of Education.总统任命他为教育部长。 She was appointed professor of chemistry at the university.她被任命为这所大学的化学教授。 After his parents died, the boy's uncle was appointed as his guardian.父母双亡之后，这个男孩的叔叔被指定为他的监护人。 Every year, the group appoints three new members.这个组织每年指定三名新成员。 a committee appointed by Congress国会委派的委员会 the company's newly appointed assistant director这家公司新任命的助理主任 The defendant will be represented by a court-appointed attorney. [=a lawyer chosen by a court to defend someone who has been accused of a crime]被告的辩护律师将由法院委派。 — often + to appointing women to positions of power任命女性担任领导职务 She was appointed to the position last year.她去年被委派出任这一职位。 — often followed by to + verb常接动词不定式 He has been appointed to serve as president of the club.他被任命为这家俱乐部的总经理。 A young lawyer was appointed to represent the accused man.一位年轻律师受委派为被告人辩护。 — see also self-appointed 2 formal a : to decide or establish (something) in an official way指定 — usually used as appointed通常用作appointed She wasn't able to accomplish her appointed tasks. [=the things that she was supposed to do]她未能完成指定的工作。 We will not deviate/stray from our appointed course.我们不会偏离既定的路线。 doctors on their appointed rounds正在例行巡诊的医生 b : to decide (the time or place at which something will happen or be done)约定，确定（时间或地点） — usually used as appointed通常用作appointed We were all ready at the appointed time/hour.我们在约定的时间/时刻一切都准备好了。 on the appointed day在约定的日子 Call me when you reach the appointed place/location.当你到达约定地点时给我打个电话。 3 : to decorate and put furniture in (a room or space)装饰，布置（房间或空间） — usually used as (be) appointed通常用作(be) appointed Each suite is appointed with handmade furniture and original artwork.每个套房都布置了手工家具和原创艺术品。 We stayed in one of the hotel's beautifully appointed rooms.我们住在装饰精美的酒店客房里。 — see also well-appointed — appointee /əˌpoɪnˈtiː/ noun, plural appointees [count] presidential appointees [=people chosen by the President to fill a position]由总统任命的人 He was a political appointee, not an elected official.他是政府委派的，不是民选的官员。 |
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