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单词 appointment
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ap•point•ment /əˈpɔɪntmənt/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. an agreement for a meeting arranged in advance: [countable]We made an appointment to meet again.[uncountable]You can visit the museum by appointment.
  2. Government the act of appointing or choosing, as to an office or position:[uncountable]the appointment of the chairman.
  3. Government an office to which a person is appointed:[countable]an appointment as ambassador.
  4. Usually, appointments. [plural] equipment, furnishings, or furniture:[countable]the handsome appointments of the castle.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ap•point•ment  (ə pointmənt),USA pronunciation 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. Governmentthe act of appointing, designating, or placing in office:to fill a vacancy by appointment.
  4. Governmentan 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. Sport[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.
  • Middle French ap(p)ointement. See appoint, -ment
  • late Middle English apoynt(e)ment 1375–1425
    • 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged assignation, rendezvous, tryst, date.
    • 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged 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.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
appointment /əˈpɔɪntmənt/ n
  1. an arrangement to meet a person or be at a place at a certain time
  2. the act of placing in a job or position
  3. the person who receives such a job or position
  4. the job or position to which such a person is appointed
  5. (usually plural) a fixture or fitting
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