appoint [ [5pCInt ] v.
(尤指在时间或地点方面的)约定;确定
— The time appointed for the
meeting was eight
o'clock.
确定开会的时间为8点。
—We must appoint a day to meet
again.
我们要约定好下次会面的日期。
* appointment [ [5pCIntm[nt ] n. 约定;预约
—I have an appointment with my doctor this
afternoon.
今日下午我和医生有个约会。
* to make / fix an appointment
[5meik / 5fIks] 约会;约定
—I'd like to make an appointment with Mr. Hammer.
我想要和hammer先生约个见面时间。
—I'd like to fix an appointment with the manager. Would ten
tomorrow be all right?
我想和经理约个时间。明天十点钟怎么样?
* to break an appointment
[5breik]
失约
— Don't break an appointment next
time.
下次不要失约了。
* to keep an appointment
[5kI:p] 守约
—I'm very sorry that I won't be able to keep my appointment with
you on Friday.
非常抱歉,星期五我不能守约了。
这些词汇应该记住:
1. assignation [ 9AsIg5neiF[n ] n.
(私密的或不正当的)约会;幽会
— I had an assignation with my lover
yesterday.
昨天我与情人幽会了。
2. date [ 5deit] v.
(指男女谈恋爱时或与异性的)约会
— I only dated her
once.
我和她只约会过一次。
* date n. 约会;约定
— I have a date with my girl-friend
tonight.
我今晚和女朋友有个约会。
* dating [5deitIN]
n. 约会
—Mary's mother punished her by stopping her from dating for two
weeks, but then she got
back into circulation.
玛丽的母亲罚她,两周不许外出约会,但后来她又依然如故了。
* blind date [5 blaind deit ] n.
(指男女间从未谋面的,初次的)约会
—My wife and I first met on a blind date arranged by her
sister.
我和我妻子初次会面是由她姐姐安排的。
* double date [5dQbl ] n.
(美;口;指两对男女一起参加的)约会
—John and Jane went with Mary and Bill on a double date.
约翰和简,玛丽和比尔四人一起约会。
* to go (out) on a date (with sb.) [5g[U
aut] 约会
— We made a date to go to the
opera.
我们约好去看歌剧。
* heavy date [5hevI] n.
(美;幽默;尤指男女朋友间的)重要约会
—She says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won't
come.
她说她今晚有重要约会,所以不能来了。
* to make a date [5meik] (美,口;常指异性的) 约会
—Why don't you make a date with that
girl?
你什么不和那个女孩约会呢?
3. engagement [In5geidVm[nt ] n. 约会;约定
— I have several engagements for next
week.
我下周有几个约会。
4. rendezvous [ 5rCndIvU: ] v. 约会;会合
—We'll rendezvous at the railway station tomorrow afternoon.
我们明天下午在火车站会合。
— I will rendezvous with my best friend in the
theatre.
我将和我最好的朋友在电影院会面。
* rendezvous
n. 约会;会面
—He made a rendezvous with his
girlfriend.
他和他的女朋友约会。
5. (to be) seeing sb. [5sI:N] 与某人幽会
— Is she seeing anyone at the
moment?
她这会儿是否正在和什么人幽会?
6. tryst [ 5trist ] n. 约会
—In modern China, the café is often considered a good place for a
lover's tryst.
现今在中国,咖啡屋通常被认为是情人幽会的好地方。
相关词汇链接:meet v.
会见;会面