appointing
present participle ofappoint
| 单词 | appointing |
| 释义 | appointing present participle ofappoint appoint verb uk/əˈpɔɪnt/us/əˈpɔɪnt/appointverb(PERSON)C1[T] tochoosesomeoneofficiallyfor ajoborresponsibility: We've appointed three newteachersthisyear. He's just been appointed(as)directorof thepublishingdivision. [+ to infinitive]Acommissionhas just been appointedtoinvestigatefraudclaims.
Applying for a job
appointverb(DATE)[Tusually passive]formal toarrangeadateortimewhen ameetingor othereventwillhappen: Adatehas been appointed for theelection. Taking and choosing
Examplesofappointingappointing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Furthermore, in reality farmers had little voice in managing orappointingthe management team of their community's irrigation system. From theCambridge English Corpus Municipal and political authorities could no longer prevent barrio communities fromappointingtheir own judges and overseeing their own land allocation. From theCambridge English Corpus He also set about the process of acquiring premises andappointingstaff. From theCambridge English Corpus It was apparent that theappointingpanel felt obliged to take chronological age into consideration, that is, to discriminate by that yardstick. From theCambridge English Corpus Excertives (voting,appointing, proclaiming) are exercisings of power. From theCambridge English Corpus Without a commander withappointingand disciplinary powers, the army remained fractious, fragmented and undisciplined. From theCambridge English Corpus In other words, byappointinga younger cabinet, especially members from the mainlander group, he reduced the likelihood that the legislature would dissolve his cabinet. From theCambridge English Corpus Alexander raises the issue of the consequences of a clientappointingan avant-garde architect. From theCambridge English Corpus The two ministries also made an historic personnel exchange,appointingtheir own staff in responsible positions to each other's ministries. From theCambridge English Corpus Soissons to investigate the advantages ofappointingvicars to assist with the delivery of the divine service and to stand in for absent canons. From theCambridge English Corpus The processing factories took advantage of this provision immediately byappointingtheir own buying agents to purchase cocoa, mainly from middlemen. From theCambridge English Corpus Which interests are privileged in that connection depends on the procedure forappointingthe board and which interests the members represent. From theCambridge English Corpus It seems unlikely that proposals for a new policyappointingspecial commissions would arise in the provinces. From theCambridge English Corpus In this case,appointingthese roles to the same person is possible but it would require appropriate mechanisms to resolve the conflicting behaviour. From theCambridge English Corpus Second, while accepting the externally recommended curriculum, the bigger issue for local administrators was that ofappointingstaff. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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