appoint
单词辨析：
指不经投票选举等而直接指派。常可与介词 as 连用，但现在经常将其省略。
She was appointed (as) postmaster of the city of York.
她被任命为约克市邮政局局长。
We appointed him to the committee.
我们委派他为委员会成员。
通常指为某项工作或某个目的而任命，多用被动语态。
Who has he designated (as) his deputy?
他选定了谁当他的副手？
She was designated to take over the position of treasurer.
她被选派接任财务主管的职务。
指由官方选定某人或某物，尤指使其担任重要职务，常可与介词 as 连用，但现在经常将其省略。
The president named her (as) Secretary of the State.
总统任命她为国务卿。
At the age of 30, she was named to the committee by the chairman.
她30岁的时候被主席选入该委员会。
既可指提出人选，由有决策权的人定夺，也可指直接委任，常后接介词 as/to。
Next month Mr. Smith will retire and Mr. Brown will be nominated as his replacement.
下月史密斯先生退休，布朗先生将获任命接替他的职位。
She was nominated to the committee.
她被任命为委员会委员。
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Did they appoint him secretary?
他们任命他做秘书了吗？
The commission appointed a special investigator to conduct its own inquiry
委员会委派了一个特别调查员自行调查。
It made sense to appoint a banker to this job
指派一位银行家做这份工作是明智之举。
We hope that you will appoint our company as the sole distributor in japan.
我方希望贵方能指定我公司为日本的独家经销人。
Each of us, she says, should appoint a personal board of non-executive directors.
她称，我们每个人都应该任命一个由非执行董事组成的个人董事会。
We shall have to appoint another day for the rest of our business.
我们只好再约一天来处理其余的事。