rambling, shrivelled, appoint, recess appointment

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appoint

  新教:  按牧"=按立成為牧師

音節

ap • point

発音

əpɔ'int

レベル

大学入試程度

appointの変化形

appoints (複数形) • appointed (過去形) • appointed (過去分詞) • appointing (現在分詞) • appoints (三人称単数現在)

appointの慣用句

appointer, （全1件）

[動](他)

1 ［III[名]（[副]）］…を任命する, 指名する；〈人を〉（職に）任じる((to ...))；［V[名](to be)[名]/V[名]as[名]］〈人を〉（官職に）任じる, 雇う(hire)；［V[名]to do］〈人に〉（…するよう）任命する

appoint an official ［a committee］
公務員［委員］を任命する

They appointed him (to be) headmaster. ［＝They appointed him to a headmastership. ］
彼を校長に任命した（▼toのあとでは不定冠詞aがあることに注意）

He was appointed postmaster.
郵便局長に任命された

He appointed her as his successor.
彼は彼女を後継者に任命した.

2 〈時間・場所などを〉指定する, 決める. ▼fixよりも形式ばった言い方

appoint a time ［a date, a place］ for ...
…の時間［日取り, 場所］を決める

The day was appointed for the general election.
その日が総選挙の日に決定された.

3 ［III that (should)節］((文))〈…と〉命ずる.

［中フランス語apointer（a-へ＋pointer指す）. △DISAPPOINT］

ap・point・a・ble

[形]

ap・point・er

[名]任命者. 

recess

n.

1. 1. A temporary cessation of the customary activities of an engagement, occupation, or pursuit.
   2. The period of such cessation. See synonyms at pause.
2. A remote, secret, or secluded place. Often used in the plural.
3. 1. An indentation or small hollow.
   2. An alcove.

v., -cessed, -cess·ing, -cess·es. v.tr.

1. To place in a recess.
2. To create or fashion a recess in: recessed a portion of the wall.
3. To suspend for a recess: The committee chair recessed the hearings.

v.intr.
To take a recess: The investigators recessed for lunch.

[Latin recessus, retreat, from past participle of recēdere, to recede. See recede¹.]

━━ n. 休憩（時間）; 〔米〕 （大学などの）休暇; （議会の）休会; （地形の）くぼみ; （pl.） 奥まった所, 奥; 壁のくぼみ棚, 床(とこ)の間, （部屋の）凹所.
at recess　休憩時間に.
go into recess　（議会・委員会などが）休会する.
in recess　休会［休憩］中で［の］.
━━ v. （壁に）くぼみ棚を作る, 奥に置く, 隠す; 引っ込める; 〔米〕 休憩［休会，休校］にする, 中断する; 〔米〕 休む.
shrivel Show phonetics
verb -ll- or US USUALLY -l-
1 [I or T] to become dry, smaller and covered with lines as if by crushing or folding, or to make something do this:
The lack of rain has shrivelled the crops.
You ought to pick those lettuces before they shrivel (up) and die.

2 [I] to become much smaller than is desired:
Profits are shrivelling as the recession gets worse.

shrivelled Show phonetics
adjective
Those oranges were looking a bit old and shrivelled, so I threw them out.

rambling

  音節

ram • bling

発音

rǽmbliŋ

レベル

社会人必須

[形]

1 漫歩する, ぶらぶら歩く；放浪性の.

2 〈話・思考などが〉散漫な, まとまりのない.

3 〈川・道などが〉うねりくねった.

4 〈建物などが〉四方八方に不規則に広がっている；〈植物が〉はびこる.