| 单词 | appointed |
| 释义 | appointed (once / 98 pages) 1adj 2adj To be appointed is to be given a task or job. If you're appointed as the week's doughnut fetcher at work, it means you've been assigned the job of bringing treats for everyone. You might be appointed for a small duty or for a large promotion, as when the gym teacher at school is unexpectedly appointed principal. Another way to use the adjective appointed is to mean "well furnished." Lovely homes and fancy hotels are often described as "well appointed" or "luxuriously appointed. WORD FAMILYappointed: appointedly, self-appointed+/appoint: appointed, appointee, appointing, appointive, appointment, appoints/appointee: appointees/appointive: nonappointive/appointment: appointments USAGE EXAMPLESA commission appointed to study the issue in 2015 suggested more money be tied to individual students’ background. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) He refused to let intermittent monsoons derail his appointed rounds. Golf Digest(Jan 02, 2017) With the party finally back in power in 1997, after 18 years in opposition, he was appointed parliamentary private secretary to Foreign Secretary Robin Cook. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj selected for a job the one appointed for guard duty Syn assigned appointed to a post or duty 2adj subject to appointment Syn|Ant appointive nominated, nominative appointed by nomination non-elective, nonelected, nonelectivefilled by appointment rather than by election elected, elective subject to popular election electoralrelating to or composed of electors nonappointivefilled by popular election rather than by appointment 3adj fixed or established especially by order or command 2"at the time appointed (or the appointed time") Syn decreed, ordained, prescribed settled established or decided beyond dispute or doubt adj provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind) a house that is beautifully appointed Syn equipped, furnished provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority) |
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