appoint

• vt. 任命；指定；约定
• vi. 任命；委派

前缀ap-同ad-. point, 点，指出。

1. create and charge with a task or function;

"nominate a committee"

2. assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to;

"He was appointed deputy manager"

"She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"

3. furnish;

"a beautifully appointed house"

appoint

appoint: [14] Appoint came from the Old French verb apointier ‘arrange’, which was based on the phrase a point, literally ‘to a point’. Hints of the original meaning can still be found in some of the verb’s early uses in English, in the sense ‘settle a matter decisively’, but its main modern meanings, ‘fix by prior arrangement’ and ‘select for a post’, had become established by the mid 15th century.
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appoint (v.)

late 14c., "to decide, resolve; to arrange the time of (a meeting, etc.)," from Anglo-French appointer, Old French apointier "make ready, arrange, settle, place" (12c.), from apointer "duly, fitly," from phrase à point "to the point," from a- "to" (see ad-) + point "point," from Latin punctum (see point (n.)). The ground sense is "to come to a point (about some matter)," therefore "agree, settle." Meaning "put (someone) in charge" is early 15c. Related: Appointed; appointing.

appoint, designate, assign, name, nominate

这些动词均有"任命，委派"之意。

appoint：通常指不经过选择的官方委任。

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。

assign：常指给一群人或个人分配、分派、指派或委派任务。

name：普通用词，着重任命的结果，而不是过程。

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最后决定。

Pierre Salinger was appointed senator from California but subsequently lost his first election.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

Working with the American Statistical Association, the journal has appointed seven experts to astatistics board of reviewing editors( ' , SBoRE).

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

In December of 1869, Congress appointed a commission to select a site and prepare plans and cost estimates for a new State Department Building.

出自-2018年考研阅读原文

Everyone was assembled at the appointed time .

全体人员均按规定时间召集到场。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

She has recently been appointed to the committee.

她最近获委为委员会成员。

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They appointed him (as) captain of the English team.

他们任命他为英格兰队队长。

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A lawyer was appointed to represent the child.

一位律师被指定为这个孩子的代表律师。

牛津词典

A date for the meeting is still to be appointed.

会议日期尚待确定。

牛津词典

It made sense to appoint a banker to this job...

指派一位银行家做这份工作是明智之举。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The commission appointed a special investigator to conduct its own inquiry...

委员会委派了一个特别调查员自行调查。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Their friendship caused the Chancellor to appoint Skywalker to the Council, as his special representative.

他们的友谊促使议长把天行者派进委员会, 担任他的私人代表.

期刊摘选

Third is to appoint lower than self two level person giving a knee.

第三是任用两个水平比自己更低的人当助手.

期刊摘选

A Committee member may not appoint any alternate.

委员会成员不能委任代表.

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We can hardly appoint you as our sole agent without the increase of sale.

只有你们增加营业额,我们才能指定你们作为我方的独家代理.

期刊摘选

He proposes electing Franc to appoint a director.

他提议推选法朗西斯爵士任董事.

辞典例句

Unless you increase the changingover, we can exertly appoint you as our sole agent.

除非你们增加营业额, 否则我们无法指定你们作为我方的独家代理.

期刊摘选

The first error was to appoint a boss for Germany who spoke no German.

其第一个错误是给德国分部任命了一个不会说德语的老板.

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Bring up repacking time before appoint shipping goods.

未指定出货前提出翻箱时间.

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We hope that you will appoint our company as the sole distributor in Japan.

我方希望贵方能指定我公司为日本的独家经销人.

期刊摘选

The Chairman shall appoint all standing Committees and special Committees as deeded.

主席还应按照实际情况任命所有常设委员会和特别委员会.

期刊摘选

If you could agree to terms, we would appoint you as our sole agent.

如果我们能达成协议的话, 我方就会委托贵方作我方的独家代理.

期刊摘选

Who shall we appoint ( as ) chairperson?

我们选派谁担任主席 呢 ?

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The whole business of the Director's appoint has been enveloped in mystery start to finish.

委任董事长之事自始至终都很神秘.

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Since 2006, province disappear appoint in with the website do not have a relation economically.

2006年以来, 省消委与网站在经济上没有关系.

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On the question of using cadres we should never appoint people by favoritism.

在使用干部的问题上,我们决不能任人唯亲.

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Before such authority - in - charge is established, the Executive Yuan shall appoint anaforesaid authority.

档案中央主管机关未设立前, 由行政院指定所属机关办理之.

期刊摘选

A person may appoint agent to perform the same acts which he might legally do himself.

一个人可以委托一个代理人去完成他自己能够合法完成的相同行为.

期刊摘选

Appoint the time and place for the meeting.

决定开会的时间和地点吧.

《简明英汉词典》

The State Council exercises the function and power to appoint and remove administrative personnel according to the provisions of the law.

国务院有依照法律规定行使任命行政人员的职权.

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You may appoint a proxy to vote for you.

你可以委托他人代你投票.

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