| 单词 | appointment |
| 释义 | appointment (once / 210 pages) 1n 2n 3n 4n An appointment is a preset arrangement to meet, like a dentist’s appointment, an appointment with your accountant, or an appointment to have your palm read. An appointment is a formal date or plan to meet at the appointed time. Whether you have a doctor’s appointment, a hair appointment, or a 1 o’clock lunch appointment, you need to be there — or you’ll have a broken appointment. It’s easier to remember your appointments if you write them down! With roots in the Old French apointier, meaning to “arrange, settle, or place," appointment can also mean the placing, or appointing of, someone into an unelected position. WORD FAMILYappointment: appointments+/appoint: appointed, appointee, appointing, appointive, appointment, appoints/appointed: appointedly, self-appointed/appointee: appointees/appointive: nonappointive USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Johnson, who registers patients when they arrive for neurology appointments at IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, was not helping. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) A Cantor spokeswoman confirmed the appointment on Monday. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Her appointment sparked controversy due to her previous employment links to China’s military. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) 1 n a meeting arranged in advance 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper date, engagement blind date a date with a stranger double datea date in which two couples participate rendezvous, trysta date; usually with a member of the opposite sex get together, meeting a small informal social gathering 1n the act of putting a person into a non-elective position the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee Syn|Hypo|Hyper assignment, designation, naming nomination the act of officially naming a candidate co-optation, co-optionthe act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent) delegacythe appointment of a delegate ordinance, ordinationthe act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders recognitiondesignation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body laying on of handslaying hands on a person's head to invoke spiritual blessing in Christian ordination conclusion, decision, determination the act of making up your mind about something 2n a person who is appointed to a job or position Syn|Hyper appointee individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being 3n the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed 3he applied for an appointment in the treasury Hyper business, job, line, line of work, occupation the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money n (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) 4Syn|Hyper fitting furnishing (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable n (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment she allocated part of the trust to her church by appointment Hyper disposal, disposition the act or means of getting rid of something |
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