appointment是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 约会; 职位，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在汉斯·克里斯蒂安·安徒生的《安徒生童话》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Will you fly about here at liberty,' asked the Princess; 'or would you like to have a fixed appointment as court ravens, with all the bro-ken bits from the kitchen?'
-- He sat beside Gerda, for he could not bear riding backwards; the other Raven stood in the doorway,and flapped her wings; she could not accompany Gerda, because she suffered from headache since she had had a fixed appointment and ate so much.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I've an appointment there, all to do with my mission of peace."
-- However, now that the glove had been thrown down to him, he had boldly picked it up and demanded the appointment of a special commission to investigate and verify the working of the Board of Irrigation of the lands in the Zaraisky province.
-- He demanded the appointment of another special commission to inquire into the question of the Native Tribes Organization Committee.
-- The first telegram was the announcement of Stremov's appointment to the very post Karenin had coveted.
-- Serpuhovskoy had planned his appointment at Tashkend, and Vronsky agreed to the proposition without the slightest hesitation.
在辛克莱·刘易斯的《阿罗史密斯》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- As long as he could (while Martin was dish-washing and wandering on improbable trains between impossible towns), he put off the appointment of a new assistant.
-- There was a considerable struggle over the appointment of Martin in his stead.
-- I haven't any doubt I can give you the full appointment later--if we find you're competent and popular.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Although I left the office at half-past three,and was prowling about the place of appointment within a fewminutes afterwards, the appointed time was exceeded by a fullquarter of an hour, according to the clock of St. Andrew's,Holborn, before I could muster up sufficient desperation to pull theprivate bell-handle let into the left-hand door-post of Mr.Waterbrook's house.
-- The occupations to which Traddles stoodpledged, rendered it necessary to fix a somewhat distant one; butan appointment was made for the purpose, that suited us all, andthen I took my leave.
-- Traddles, whom I have taken up by appointment at theturnpike, presents a dazzling combination of cream colour andlight blue; and both he and Mr. Dick have a general effect aboutthem of being all gloves.
-- 'I trust I rendered tolerably intelligible my appointment for themorning of this day week, at the house of public entertainment atCanterbury, where Mrs. Micawber and myself had once the honourof uniting our voices to yours, in the well-known strain of theImmortal exciseman nurtured beyond the Tweed.
-- We proceeded by appointment straight to Mr.Micawber's house; where, and at Mr. Wickfield's, my friend hadbeen labouring ever since our explosive meeting.
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- With this money, twenty-seven pounds ten in all, he had hastily driven from the gate that morning to keep his appointment with Fanny Robin.
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- We had scarcely visited the various lakes of Cumberland and Westmorland and conceived an affection for some of the inhabitants when the period of our appointment with our Scotch friend approached, and we left them to travel on.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《远大前程》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I received this letter by the post on Monday morning, and therefore its appointment was for next day.
-- We always derived profound satisfaction from making an appointment for this purpose.
-- So, I went out to Walworth again, and yet again, and yet again, and I saw him by appointment in the City several times, but never held any communication with him on the subject in or near Little Britain.
在乔纳森•斯威夫特的《格列夫游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I remember my master having once made an appointment with a friend and his family to come to his house, upon some affair of importance: on the day fixed, the mistress and her two children came very late; she made two excuses, first for her husband, who, as she said, hap-pened that very morning to shnuwnh.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《艰难时世》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'I have got an appointment with him to meet him in the evening at the station here,' said Tom, 'and I am going to dine with him afterwards, I believe.
-- The appointment was a device to keep the brother away!There they were yonder, by the felled tree.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He went out upon the Sunday afternoon when in this very parlour he had dined, and met her, with appointment or without appointment; which, I do not pretend to say.
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