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officiate

/uh-fish-ee-eyt/US // əˈfɪʃ iˌeɪt //UK // (əˈfɪʃɪˌeɪt) //

主持人,主礼,主审,主持

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v.无主动词 verb
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    of·fi·ci·at·ed, of·fi·ci·at·ing.

    • : to perform the office of a member of the clergy, as at a divine service.
    • : to perform the duties or function of some office or position.
    • : to serve as referee, umpire, or other official in a sports contest or game.
v.有主动词 verb
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    of·fi·ci·at·ed, of·fi·ci·at·ing.

    • : to serve as the priest or minister of.
    • : to perform, carry out, or fulfill.
    • : to act as a referee, umpire, timekeeper, or other official for.

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Examples

  • Wingo believes that just as there now are designated outside experts to talk about officiating on NFL telecasts, one day there will be similar analysts for gambling commentary.

  • Curtis also noted that Ruby and her fiancé are getting married next year in a wedding that Curtis will officiate.

  • He oversaw the extension of marriage rights to same-sex couples in Virginia and as his campaign notes was the first governor of a southern state to officiate a same-sex wedding.

  • McAuliffe’s campaign notes he is the first governor of a Southern state to officiate a same-sex wedding.

  • They started dating during Clinton’s first presidential campaign in 2008, tying the knot two years later — with Bill Clinton officiating.

  • The first thing Joplin needs to find out before he will agree to officiate a wedding is why his potential client is in prison.

  • There, the city is apparently requiring the Hitching Post Lakeside Chapel to officiate gay weddings.

  • She seems astonished by the fact that no ministers wanted to officiate, writing, “So much for Christianity as we know it today.”

  • Booker had previously refused to officiate at any weddings as a statement of principle until same-sex marriage was legalized.

  • Yahadut Hatorah claims it would also allow untrustworthy rabbis to officiate at the Jewish weddings.

  • So to Dr. Castle's, and there did get a promise from his clerk that his master should officiate for me to-morrow.

  • There was nothing for it but to race through the ceremony, and "Old Jimmy" was not required to officiate again.

  • Then a man with a red stamp came in to help officiate till finally we got them all fixed up.

  • A chaplain must also be appointed to officiate at burials in the consecrated portion.

  • The one whose duty it was to officiate at the reception of initiates stood in the center.