英语词汇“appoint”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

appointappoint /əˈpɔɪnt/ ●●○ W3 verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYappoint

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French apointier to arrange, from point

VERB TABLE

appoint

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	appoint
	he, she, it	appoints
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	appointed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have appointed
	he, she, it	has appointed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had appointed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will appoint
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have appointed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am appointing
	he, she, it	is appointing
	you, we, they	are appointing
Past	I, he, she, it	was appointing
	you, we, they	were appointing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been appointing
	he, she, it	has been appointing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been appointing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be appointing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been appointing

COLLOCATIONS► appointed time

We met at the appointed time (=the arranged time).

1to choose someone for a position or a job: Pope John Paul II appointed several new bishops.appoint (somebody) as something Lisa Lore was appointed as an associate athletic director at USC.appoint somebody something The company appointed Koontz chief financial officer.appoint somebody to something He’s been appointed to the State Supreme Court in California.appoint somebody to do something DeGenoa appointed a police commission to investigate the scandal.2formal to arrange or decide a time or place for something to happen: Judge Bailey appointed a new time for the trial. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French apointier to arrange, from point]—appointed adjective: We met at the appointed time (=the arranged time). → see also self-appointed, well-appointed