释义 |
Examples:be appointed (to high office)—appointed (from one job another)—late (for an appointed time)—Guardian Council, body of 12 appointed clerics which govern Iran—first person be appointed to a post—ordained or appointed a post—person appointed for specific task—government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties—be appointed or elevated to a post—fail to do sth. at the appointed time—appoint a general (in theater)—decision appoint an official that is kept secret among the hierarchy—appoint sb to a specific task—appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity—appoint people by favoritism (idiom); nepotism—appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity—fig. appoint sb for a task—appoint to an official position—appoint sb. to a post or confer a title on sb. by imperial order— |