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appoint

“Appoint”是一个英语动词,意为“任命”或“指定”。它常用于表达命令某人填补某个职位,或者设定或决定特定的时间或地点。

  1. The president will appoint a new ambassador to France. (总统将任命一位新的驻法国大使。)
  2. They appointed a time and place for the meeting. (他们为会议定了时间和地点。)
  3. She was appointed as the head of the department. (她被任命为部门负责人。)

“Appoint”源自拉丁语词根”punct”,意为“点、小数”,其中”ad-”是“向”的意思,一起的意思是“向一个点”。

然而,在”appoint”中,并未涵盖特定的词缀。

“Appoint”最早出现在14世纪,来自古法语单词”apointer”,本意是“安排、协定”。

  • 现在分词:appointing
  • 过去式:appointed
  • 过去分词:appointed

固定搭配:

  • appoint someone to a post(任命某人为公职)
  • appoint a time/place(确定时间/地点)

你可以将”appoint”拆解为”a point”,即”一个点”,想象在时间或空间里你要标记出一个点,那就是“任命”或“指定”的意思,这样更容易记忆。

Jackson was ecstatic when he was appointed as the head of the project. It was a chance to prove himself on a larger platform. (杰克逊被任命为项目负责人时,他非常高兴。这是他在更大的平台上证明自己的机会。)