appoint
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If you appoint someone to a job or official position, you formally choose them for it. 任命
It made sense to appoint a banker to this job. 任命一位銀行家做這項工作是合理的。
The president has appointed a civilian as defence secretary. 總統(tǒng)任命了一位平民做國防部長。
2. →see also appointed
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appoint /??p??nt/ (appointing,appointed,appoints)
劍橋詞典
- The truth is that they appoint no more than a token number of women to managerial jobs .
- He'll be the acting director until they can appoint a permanent one.
- The police have appointed a liaison officer to work with the local community .
- The government has appointed a drugs tsar to co-ordinate the fight against drug abuse .
- A top German engineer has been appointed to troubleshoot the cause of the accident .
appoint verb (PERSON)
[ 及物動詞：后面接賓語的動詞 ]to choose someone officially for a job or responsibility
任命；委派
We've appointed three new teachers this year . 我們今年已經任用了3名新教師。
He's just been appointed (as) director of the publishing division . 他剛剛被任命為出版科科長。
[ 動詞后面接一個帶to的不定式 ] A commission has just been appointed to investigate fraud claims . 剛委派了一個委員會去調查詐騙的說法是否屬實。
例句
appoint verb (DATE)
[ 及物動詞：后面接賓語的動詞 常用于被動語態(tài)的動詞 ] formalto arrange a date or time when a meeting or other event will happen
約定，安排（日期、時間）
A date has been appointed for the election . 選舉日期已定。 返回 appoint