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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adj.形容词 adjective
- 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.
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