| 单词 | appointment |
| 释义 | appointment /euh poynt"meuhnt/, n. 1. a fixed mutual agreement for a meeting; engagement: We made an appointment to meet again. 2. a meeting set for a specific time or place: I'm late for my appointment. 3. the act of appointing, designating, or placing in office: to fill a vacancy by appointment. 4. an office, position, or the like, to which a person is appointed: He received his appointment as ambassador to Italy. 5. Usually, appointments. equipment, furnishings, or accouterments. 6. appointments, accouterments for a soldier or a horse. 7. Manège. a horse-show class in which the contestant need not be a member of a hunt but must wear regulation hunt livery. Cf. Corinthian (def. 9). 8. Archaic. decree; ordinance. [1375-1425; late ME apoynt(e)ment < MF ap(p)ointement. See APPOINT, -MENT] Syn. 1, 2. assignation, rendezvous, tryst, date. 4. APPOINTMENT, OFFICE, POST, STATION all refer to kinds of duty or employment. APPOINTMENT refers to a position to which one is assigned, as by a high government official. OFFICE often suggests a position of trust or authority. POST is usually restricted to a military or other public position, as of a diplomat, although it may also refer to a teaching position. Both POST and STATION may refer to the place where a person is assigned to work. |
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