appoint

verb

/əˈpɔɪnt/

Verb Forms

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/

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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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[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。

Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French apointer, from a point ‘to a point’.