Appoint

定义：To choose someone officially for a job or responsibility

搭配：appoint sb. (as) sth./appoint sb. to do sth.

例句：

原文：

对监护人的确定有争议的，由被监护人住所地的居民委员会、村民委员会或者民政部门指定监护人，有关当事人对指定不服的，可以向人民法院申请指定监护人；有关当事人也可以直接向人民法院申请指定监护人。（《中华人民共和国民法典》第三十一条第一款）

译文：

Where a dispute arises over the determination of a guardian, the guardian shall be appointed by the residents’ committee, the villagers’ committee, or the civil affairs department in the place where the ward’s domicile is located, and a party not satisfied with such an appointment may request the people’s court to appoint a guardian; the relevant parties may also directly request the people’s court to make such an appointment.

Constitute

定义：To appoint to an office, function, or dignity

搭配：constitute sb. sth.

例句：

原文：

He was constituted representative of the organization.

译文：

他被任命为该组织的代表。

Designate

定义：To choose someone officially to do a particular job

搭配：designate sb. (as) sth./designate sb. to do sth.

例句：

原文：

In order to qualify for safe harbor protection, certain kinds of service providers - for example, those that allow users to post or store material on their systems, and search engines, directories, and other information location tools - must designate an agent to receive notifications of claimed copyright infringement. To designate an agent, a service provider must do two things: (1) make certain contact information for the agent available to the public on its website; (2) provide the same information to the Copyright Office, which maintains a centralized online directory of designated agent contact information for public use. The service provider must also ensure that this information is up to date.

译文：

为了能够享受避风港保护，那些允许用户在其系统、搜索引擎、目录及其他信息定位工具上发布或存储内容的特定服务提供商须委任一名代理人接收主张版权侵权的通知。就委任代理人而言，服务提供商须(1)在其网站上公开代理人相关特定联系信息；并(2)向美国版权局提供该等信息，由美国版权局维护有关经委任代理人联系信息的集中在线目录供公众使用。此外，服务提供商须确保及时更新该等信息。

Install

定义：To put someone in an important job or position

搭配：install sb. as sth.

例句：

原文：

Surrounded by family, friends and colleagues, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Debra Todd today made history as she was formally sworn-in as Pennsylvania’s 58th Chief Justice, becoming the first woman installed as chief in the Court’s 300-year history.

译文：

在家人、朋友和同事的陪伴下，宾夕法尼亚州最高法院法官Debra Todd于今日宣誓就职，就任宾夕法尼亚州第58任首席大法官，成为该法院成立300年以来首任女性首席大法官。

Nominate

定义：To officially choose someone for a job or to do something

例句：be nominated as sth./be nominated for sth./be nominated to do sth.

原文：

The current secretary has been nominated for the post of director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

译文：

现任秘书经任命担任美国鱼类及野生动物管理局局长。

来源：

Cambridge Dictionary；

Merriam-Webster；

https://www.pacourts.us/news-and-statistics/news/news-detail/1125/justice-debra-todd-formally-installed-as-first-female-chief-justice-in-history-of-pa-supreme-court；

https://www.copyright.gov/dmca-directory/