"appointing" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 任命
• 指派

Definition

正式地选择某人担任一个职位或工作；以正式方式赋予某人职责或角色。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多用于正式场合（如商务、政府）。常见搭配有“appointing a manager”, “appointing someone as director”。不用于日常邀请。与“assign”不同，“appointing”具有官方权威。

Examples

The school is appointing a new principal this year.

学校今年正在**任命**一位新校长。

They are appointing John as the team leader.

他们正在**任命**约翰为团队负责人。

The president is appointing new advisors.

总统正在**任命**新的顾问。

We're appointing Sara to handle the project because of her experience.

由于她的经验，我们正在**任命**Sara负责这个项目。

After much discussion, they ended up appointing someone from outside the company.

经过多次讨论，他们最终**任命**了一位公司外的人。

She was surprised at being appointing head of the committee so quickly.

她很惊讶这么快就被**任命**为委员长。