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appointive

/uh-poin-tiv/US // əˈpɔɪn tɪv //UK // (əˈpɔɪntɪv) //

任命的,任命,任命性的,任命性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to or filled by appointment: an appointive office.
    • : having the ability or authority to appoint: appointive powers.

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Examples

  • Paterson—the father of recent Governor David Paterson—was a high-octane lawyer who held a number of appointive positions.

  • With one necessary exception all offices are appointive and the tenure of all except that is the same.

  • Incumbents holding appointive offices were in a state of dread.

  • He declared with great feeling that he would never accept another appointive civil office.

  • In practice they were largely self-appointive and were responsible for filling most local offices.

  • This was one of the most important appointive offices in the State Administration.