appoint
- IPA[əˈpoint]
美式
- assign a job or role to (someone)；determine or decide on (a time or a place)
verb: appoint, 3rd person present: appoints, gerund or present participle: appointing, past tense: appointed, past participle: appointed
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. assign a job or role to (someone) she has been appointed to the board they appointed her as personnel manager 同義詞 反義詞
- 2. determine or decide on (a time or a place) they appointed a day in May for the meeting 同義詞
- ▪ archaic decree such laws are appointed by God
- 3. decide the disposal of (property of which one is not the owner) under powers granted by the owner trustees appoint the capital to the beneficiaries
