officiate

英 [əˈfɪʃieɪt]

美 [əˈfɪʃieɪt]

v.  主持(仪式); 履行职务

现在分词：officiating　过去式：officiated　过去分词：officiated　第三人称单数：officiates　

BNC.20712 / COCA.16985

牛津词典

verb

• 主持（仪式）；履行职务
  to do the official duties at a public or religious ceremony

柯林斯词典

• VERB 主持(仪式)；行使(指定的职务)
  When someoneofficiates ata ceremony or formal occasion, they are in charge and perform the official part of it.
  1. Bishop Silvester officiated at the funeral...
     西尔韦斯特主教主持了葬礼。
  2. A memorial service was held yesterday at Wadhurst Parish Church. The Rev Michael Inch officiated.
     昨天，悼念仪式在沃德赫斯特堂区教堂举行，迈克尔·英奇牧师担任主持。
• VERB （在体育比赛、竞赛等中）担任裁判
  When someoneofficiates ata sports match or competition, they are in charge and make sure the players do not break the rules.
  1. Mr Ellis was selected to officiate at a cup game between Grimsby and Rotherham...
     埃利斯先生获选执法格里姆斯比队与罗瑟汉姆队的一场杯赛。
  2. Frik Burger will officiate when the Pumas play Scotland.
     弗里克·伯格将担任阿根廷队对苏格兰队比赛的裁判。

英英释义

verb

• perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function
  1. His wife officiated as his private secretary
  Synonym:function
• act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding
  1. Who officiated at your wedding?

双语例句

• You mean officiate the marriage.
  你的意思是主持婚姻。
• Bishop Silvester officiated at the funeral
  西尔韦斯特主教主持了葬礼。
• Today, we are most delighted to have the Honourable Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Henry Tang, to officiate.
  承蒙政务司司长唐英年先生今天莅临主持奠基仪式，深感荣幸。
• The interpretive law will achieve the integrity of law principles. Dworkin compares law principle with law rule and policy. He thinks legislatures and judges should officiate mainly according to law principles and the law is composed of law of different levels.
  法律阐释的目的是实现法律原则的整体性，他区分了法律原则和法律规则、政策的不同，认为立法和司法的主要依据是原则，法律是由不同层次的原则构成的整体。
• In the course of the Expo we are planning six missions to China led by Ministers, including the Prime Minister who will officiate at New Zealand's national day.
  在世博会期间，我们计划将由部长们带领六个代表团访问中国，其中包括总理，他将亲自主持新西兰国家日的活动。
• A pandit was brought from New Delhello to officiate at the wedding.
  结婚仪式的主持则是一名来自新德里的梵学家。
• I am much delighted to be here today to officiate at the Opening Ceremony of the Tai Po Campus of the Hong Kong Institute of Education.
  今天我以喜悦和兴奋的心情，为香港教育学院大埔校园主持启用典礼。
• It is my great honour and pleasure to be here today to officiate at the Opening Ceremony of the Hospital Authority's sixth Annual Convention.
  今天在这里为医院管理局第六届研讨大会主持开幕典礼，我感到十分荣幸和高兴。
• Officiate the government duties and functions in agriculture industrialization developments, quicken the progress of agricultural products market development;
  正确行使职能，加快市场化进程；
• Inviting such a controversial umpire to officiate in the last two matches of what was likely to be a hard-fought series was asking for trouble.
  邀请这样一位具有争议的裁判，来执法最后两场可能争夺激烈的比赛，这等于是自找麻烦。