| 单词 | officiate |
| 释义 | officiate (once / 2233 pages) v To officiate is to preside over a ceremony, or to be the person in charge. At most weddings, a religious leader or judge officiates. A rabbi might officiate during your cousin's wedding, or the happy couple might ask a friend to officiate. When an official acts in some official way, they also officiate. A referee, for example, officiates at a hockey game, and a town's mayor might officiate at the grand opening of a new library. Officiate, as of the seventeenth century, mainly meant "perform the duty of a priest," from the Latin root officium, "kindness," or "official duty," and also "church service." WORD FAMILYofficiate: officiated, officiates, officiating, officiation+/office: officer, offices, official, officiate/officer: officered, officering, officers/official: officialdom, officialise, officialize, officially, officials, semiofficial, unofficial/officialdom: officialdoms/officialise: officialised/officialize: officialized/semiofficial: semiofficially/unofficial: unofficially USAGE EXAMPLESHe was surprised Reggie Bush wasn’t on the field at some critical moments, and he was disappointed by defensive and officiating breakdowns. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) Marshall Goldsmith, an executive coach, author and lifelong family friend of Ms. Kerr, officiated. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) Her pop-up wedding company, Flora Pop, employs a trailer she built with all the fixings for actual weddings, and she is licensed to officiate. Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016) 1v act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding Who officiated at your wedding? Hypo|Hyper marry, splice, tie, wed perform a marriage ceremony solemnise, solemnizeperform (the wedding ceremony) with proper ceremonies perform perform a function 2v perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function His wife officiated as his private secretary Syn|Hyper function serve do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function |
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