appointment
英[ə'pɒɪntm(ə)nt]
美[ə'pɔɪntmənt]
- n. 任命；约定；任命的职位
词态变化
复数: appointments;
助记提示
1. 和老板比较正式的约会.
2. make an appointment 约会.
英文词源
- appointment (n.)
- early 15c., "an agreement," also "a fixing of a date for official business," from Middle French apointement, from apointer (see appoint). Meaning "act of placing in office" is attested from 1650s.
双语例句
- 1. I hate to rush you but I have another appointment later on.
- 我真不想催你，但我稍后还有一个约会。
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- 2. Drake and his cohorts were not pleased with my appointment.
- 德雷克那一帮人对我的任命很不满。
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- 3. At the time, his appointment seemed a stroke of genius.
- 当时，对他的任命犹如神来之笔。
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- 4. His appointment to the Cabinet would please the right-wing.
- 他被任命为内阁成员会让右翼党派很高兴。
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- 5. A background check is normally a preliminary to a presidential appointment.
- 总统任命前通常要进行背景审查的准备工作。
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