appoint

appoint读音音标

英 [əˈpɔɪnt]

美 [əˈpɔɪnt]

appoint意思解释

vt.

任命，委派；

约定，指定；

装设，布置；

变形

过去式：appointed

过去分词：appointed

现在分词：appointing

第三人称单数：appoints

双语释义

v.(动词)

vt. 定,指定; 约定 choose, decide, fix a time, place, etc.vt. 任命,委派 choose for a post; set up by choosing membersvt. 布置,陈设 furnish, equip

英英释义

appoint

[ ə\'pɔint ]

v.

create and charge with a task or function

同义词：namenominateconstitute

assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to

\"He was appointed deputy manager\"

同义词：charge

furnish

\"a beautifully appointed house\"

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)～+名词appoint a manager任命经理appoint a meeting place确定会晤的地点appoint people on their merit任人唯贤appoint a place and time for the meeting指定会议的时间和地点appoint sb head of任命某人当…主任～+副词appoint arbitrarily专断地指定appoint officially正式任命appoint publicly公开任命appoint temporarily临时任命appoint voluntarily有意任命～+介词appoint sb as chairman任命某人为主席appoint sb as professor任命某人为教授appoint sb as representative委派某人为代表appoint sb as treasurer委任某人为司库appoint sb to the committee委托某人为委员会成员appoint sb to the position of委派某人担任…职务appoint sb to the post of委派某人担任…职务

同近义词辨析

assign, designate, name, appoint, nominate

这组词都有“任命，委派”的意思，其区别是：

assign

常指给一群人或个人分配、分派、指派或委派任务。

designate

书面用语，侧重当权者或机构的选拔或任命，有时含强行指定的意味。

name

普通用词，着重任命的结果，而不是过程。

appoint

通常指不经过选择的官方委任。

nominate

通常指为某一公职选择候选人，并将其提交给有决定权的人作*后决定。

双语例句

用作动词(v.)The company decided to appoint a new treasurer.公司决定任命一位新司库。They appointed him chairman.他们任命他为主席。As a top manager, he should appoint none but people on their merit.作为一位总经理，他应该任人为贤。We must appoint a new teacher soon.我们必须尽快委派一个新教师。He wasn\'t there at the appointed time.他没有在指定的时间在那里。We must appoint a day to meet again.我们要约定好下次会面的日期。