Appointment

(noun.) (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment; 'she allocated part of the trust to her church by appointment'.

(noun.) the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; 'the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee'.

(noun.) the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed; 'he applied for an appointment in the treasury'.

(noun.) (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel).

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• I arrived four hours earlier than my appointment. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• She carefully opened her reticule a little way and showed me a folded piece of paper inside as the appointment of which she spoke. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I sat up half the night hugging myself over it, and next day I was off to Birmingham in a train that would take me in plenty time for my appointment. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Pervaded our Department--without an appointment--and said he wanted to know! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Would you take a seat in Mr Lightwood's room, sir, while I look over our Appointment Book? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I think that this typewritten letter is from you, in which you made an appointment with me for six o'clock? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• We always derived profound satisfaction from making an appointment for this purpose. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• He said he certainly could have wished to have continued to hold the appointment he had just resigned. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• It wants five minutes, good, to Venus's appointment,' said he. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Bingley was punctual to his appointment; and he and Mr. Bennet spent the morning together, as had been agreed on. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• He said he had been with Lucie until just now, and had only left her for a few minutes, to come and keep his appointment. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• He made no remark, however, save that, unless we hurried, we should be late for our appointment with Lestrade. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• You haven't got any appointment, you know,' said Barnacle Junior. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• He has got a good appointment. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The appointment _was_ a device to keep the brother away! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• The other appointments of the mansion partook of the rude simplicity of the Saxon period, which Cedric piqued himself upon maintaining. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• I am much too delicate to make and keep such appointments in the winter season. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Very graceful was the lady's mien, choice her appointments, delicate and stately her whole aspect. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Some men have a knack of keeping appointments; and other men have a knack of missing them. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I know little of either, said Lydgate; but in general, appointments are apt to be made too much a question of personal liking. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I have no ill-will towards him, but I think we owe something to the public, not to speak of anything higher, in these appointments. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• People declared that she got money from various simply disposed persons, under pretence of getting them confidential appointments under Government. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Appointments of commissioned officers had then to be made; men had to be enlisted, the regiments equipped and the whole transported to Mexico. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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