officiate

英 [ə'fɪʃieɪt] 美 [ə'fɪʃieɪt]

• v. 执行职务；主持（仪式等）

英英释义

Verb:

1. act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding;

   "Who officiated at your wedding?"
   

2. perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function;

   "His wife officiated as his private secretary"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. He will officiate as chairman until a new one is appointed.
   他将执行主席的职务直到任命新主席为止。
2. Do you believe officials officiate individual players differently?
   你是否相信对于不同球员，裁判的尺度不同？
3. Which priest would she like to officiate at her wedding?
   她想要哪一个神父主持她的婚礼?
4. I gives me great pleasure to officiate at today's conference.
   我很高兴能主持今天的会议。

经典引文

• The officiating priest was a Franciscan friar.

  出自：Discovery

• The Archbishop of Canterbury officiated.

  出自： S. Weintraub

近反义词

【近义词】

• preside 主持
• celebrate 庆祝
• manage 管理
• oversee 监督
• solemnize 隆重地庆祝
• function 职务